Manuel Joaquín de Santa Isabel Riascos García ( Spanish: Manuel Joaquín de Santa Isabel Riascos García , November 19, 1833 - August 8, 1875) - Colombian military and political figure.
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| Predecessor | Thomas Cipriano de Mosquera | ||||||
| Successor | Santos Acosta | ||||||
| Birth | November 19, 1833 | ||||||
| Death | August 6, 1875 ( 41) San juan del cesar | ||||||
| Father | Joaquin Riascos | ||||||
| Mother | Paulina Garcia | ||||||
| Spouse | Concepcion Jimeno Munive | ||||||
| The consignment | Colombian Liberal Party | ||||||
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- This person has a Spanish last name; here Riascos is the name of the father, Garcia is the name of the mother.
Manuel Joaquin Riascos was born in 1833 in the district of La Chorrera , Republic of New Granada (now it is the territory of Panama ). Together with his family, he subsequently moved to Cartagena , and then to Santa Marta , and eventually settled in Cienaga , where he took up farming and business.
During the civil war of 1860-1862, he quickly became a general, fighting on the side of the rebels, but was captured on January 14, 1862 and spent 11 months in prison in Medellin .
The United States of Colombia, after its founding, was in a state that Colombian historians have aptly called "organized anarchy." In 1864, Joaquin Riascos, the head of the armed army, overthrew the President of the Sovereign State of Magdalen, Jose Maria Luis Herrera, and declared himself interim president of the state. April 24, 1867 he became president of the state on a legal basis.
The Constitution of the United States of Colombia, adopted in 1863, abolished the post of vice president in the country and introduced the posts of Designado Presidencial - the first (Primer), the second (Segundo) and the third (Tercer); the people holding these posts were to act as president (in that order) in the event of his absence (as well as the impossibility of fulfilling presidential duties by the previous Designado Presidencial ). In 1867, the Congress of Colombia appointed three more people as Designado Presidencial for the next calendar year: Santos Gutierrez , Santos Acosta and Joaquin Riascos.
On April 29, 1867, five days after Joaquín Riascos officially took charge of Magdalena, President Thomas Cipriano de Mosquera broke up Congress, imposed martial law on the country and declared himself the highest authority. Not having accurate information about what was happening, but knowing that Santos Gutierrez was abroad, Joaquin Riascos declared himself May 12, 1867, as Tercer Designado Presidencial , acting president of the country.
Meanwhile, a military coup took place on May 23, 1867: Colonel arrested Thomas Cipriano de Mosker and transferred power to Santos Acosta as Segundo Designado Presidencial . Due to communication difficulties at that time, Joaquin Riascos learned about the coup in the capital only in June, and officially handed over presidential powers to Santos Acosta. In an atmosphere of joy after the victory over Mosquera, Congress officially recognized (Law No. 15 of 1868) that in that situation, Joaquin Riascos acted in accordance with the Constitution and was officially the president; thus, for 36 days, the United States of Colombia had two official presidents (Riascos and Acosta). At the end of his term as head of the Sovereign State of Magdalen, Joaquin Riascoz retired to Cienaga, where he again took up agriculture and business.