page_title: Francisco de Paula Santander
section_title: Later years
hierarchical_section_title: Francisco de Paula Santander / Later years
caption_attribution_description: English: Death of general Francisco de Paulo Santander on 6th of May 1840 at 6:32 o'clock Español: Muerte del general Francisco de Paula Santander, el 6 de mayo de 1840, a las 6:32 horas
context_page_description: Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña, was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada. He was the acting President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837. Santander came to be known as "The Man of the Laws".
context_section_description: After his term expired, he remained an important and influential political figure. He died in 1840 and was eventually considered as one of the original ideological founders of the Colombian Liberal Party, which would be formally established some eight years later.
caption: The death of Santander in Bogota, after a long agony. Making his will, he said: "I wish I would have loved God as much as I loved my country ."
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