List of Governors of Santander Department
Governors of the Department of Santander
In 1886 the states were abolished and Santander became a Department under direct authority of the central government. In 1910 the northern part of the department was detached to form the new Department of Norte de Santander separately represented by their own Governor.

List of Governors of Santander Department

Section Title: Governors of the Department of Santander
Table Section Text: In 1886 the states were abolished and Santander became a Department under direct authority of the central government. In 1910 the northern part of the department was detached to form the new Department of Norte de Santander separately represented by their own Governor.

Tenure	Incumbent Governor

Took Office	Left Office

1886	1887	Alejandro Peña Solano

1887	1888	Antonio Roldán

1888	1888	Vicente Villamizar

1888	1889	Guillermo Quintero

1889	1890	Aurelio Mutis

1890	1895	Guillermo Quintero

1895	1896	José Santos

1896	1886	Antonio Roldán

1186	1897	Roso Cala

1897	1898	Aurelio Mutis

1898	1899	Roso Cala

1899	1900	Alejandro Peña Solano

1900	1900	Carlos J. Delgado

1900	1901	Ramón González Valencia

1901	1901	Carlos Matamoros

1901	1902	Juan Francisco Mantilla

1902	1903	Antonio Barrera Forero

1903	1904	Ramón González Valencia

1904	1904	Carlos Matamoros

1904	1904	Jesús Cuervo Márquez

1904	1905	Alejandro Peña Solano

1905	1906	Santiago Rizo

1906	1907	Alejandro Peña Solano

1907	1908	Gabino Navas

1908	1909	Alejandro Peña Solano

1909	1911	Eugenio Andrade Suescún

1911	1913	Antonio Barrera Forero

1913	1916	Manuel María Valdivieso Valencia

1916	1917	Ernesto Valderrama

1918	1921	Luis Mejía

1921	1823	José María García

1923	December 1924	Emilio Pradilla González

December 1924	December 19, 1926	Arturo Mantilla

December 19, 1926	1928	Juan de la Cruz Duarte

1928	1929	Narciso Torres Meléndez

November 26, 1929	September 4, 1930	Alfredo García Cadena

1930	1931	Alejandro Galvis Galvis

1931	1932	Eduardo Santos Montejo

1932	1933	Alfredo Cadena D’Costa

1933	1934	Humberto Gómez Naranjo

1934	1935	Pedro Alejandro Gómez

1935	1937	Rogerio Silva Pradilla

1937	1939	Alfredo Cadena D’Costa

1939	1941	Hernán Gómez Gómez

1941	1943	Benjamín García Cadena

1943	1944	Arturo Santos

April 21, 1944	February 15, 1945	Alejandro Galvis Galvis

February 15, 1945	1946	Luis Camacho Rueda

1946	1947	Samuel Arango Reyes

1947	1947	Julio Martín Acevedo Díaz

1948	1948	Rafael Ortíz González

1948	1948	Miguel Ángel Hoyos

1949	1949	Valentín González Rangel

1950	1950	Hernando Sorzano González

1951	1951	Guillermo Garavito Durán

1952	1953	Pedro Nel Rueda Uribe

1953	1953	Néstor Meza Prieto

1953	1953	José Amaya

1954	1957	Quintín Gustavo Gómez

1958	1958	Ernesto Caicedo López

1958	1958	Alberto Lozano Cleves

1959	1960	Samuel Arango Reyes

1960	1961	Mario Latorre Rueda

1962	1962	Gustavo Serrano Gómez

1963	1964	Humberto Silva Valdivieso

1965	1965	Enrique Barco Guerrero

1965	1965	Reynaldo López López

1966	1966	Francisco José Calderón

1966	1968	Julio Obregón Bueno

1969	1969	Eduardo Camacho Gamba

1970	1970	Alfonso Gómez Gómez

1971	1971	Jaime Serrano Rueda

1972	1973	Jaime Trillos Novoa

1974	1974	Rafael Pérez Martínez

1975	1975	Oscar Edmundo Martínez

1976	1976	Rafael Ortiz González

1977	1978	Alberto Montoya Puyana

1979	1981	Alfonso Gómez Gómez

1982	1982	Luis Ardila Casamitjana

1983	1983	Rafael Moreno Peñaranda

1984	1984	Jorge Agustín Sedano

1985	1986	Álvaro Cala Hederich

1987	1988	Alvaro Betrán Pinzón

1989	1990	Eduardo Camacho Barco

1990	1990	Hernando Reyes Duarte

1991	December 31, 1991	Clara Elsa Villalba de Sandoval

Sentence(s)

Alejandro Galvis Galvis served as governor of the Department of Santander in 1931.

final_sentence: Alejandro Galvis Galvis served as governor of the Department of Santander in 1931.