page_title: List of national founders
section_title: South America
hierarchical_section_title: List of national founders / Americas / South America
caption_attribution_description: English: Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), full-length portrait, standing, facing right.Caption: Al Señor General Sir Robert Wilson:Retrato mío hecho en Lima con la más grande exactitud y semejanza.BOLIVAR.
context_page_description: The following list of national founding figures is a record, by country, of people who were credited with establishing their nation. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, of the country. They can also be military leaders of a war of independence that led to the existence of the country.
context_section_description: José de San Martín, Simón Bolívar, Antonio José de Sucre, Francisco de Paula Santander, Francisco de Miranda have been referred to as the founding fathers of the region comprising modern day Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Panama.
caption: Simón Bolívar of Venezuela
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