Joaquín Mariano de Mosquera-Figueroa y Arboleda-Salazar (14 December 1787 – 4 April 1878) was a Colombian statesman and a Founding Father of Colombia who served as the 2nd president of Gran Colombia. Mosquera also served as Vice President of the Republic of New Granada. During the administration of President Simón Bolívar, he was named as the 1st Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the nascent states of Peru, the United Provinces of South America, and Chile with the purpose of creating unity amongst the South American nations.
He was overthrown as President in 1830 in a military coup by General Rafael Urdaneta.
References
Méndez Valencia, Aría Alexandra "Joaquín Mosquera" at Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, 2004. In Spanish "Joaquín Mariano Mosquera" at Capitán Paz-Fuerza Aérea Colombiana. Joaquín Mariano Mosquera at Presidencia de la República de Colombia. In Spanish