José Manuel Restrepo Vélez
José Manuel Restrepo Vélez | |
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1st Secretary of the Interior of Colombia | |
In office 7 October 1821 – 1830 | |
President | Simón Bolívar y Palacios |
3rd Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Colombia | |
President | Simón Bolívar y Palacios |
Preceded by | José Rafael Revenga y Hernández |
Succeeded by | José Rafael Revenga y Hernández |
Governor of Antioquia | |
In office 2 September 1819 – 9 April 1821 | |
Appointed by | José María Córdova Muñoz |
Preceded by | José María Córdova Muñoz |
Succeeded by | José María Ricaurte y Nariño |
Personal details | |
Born | Envigado, Antioquia, Viceroyalty of the New Granada | 30 December 1781
Died | 1 April 1863 Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Granadine Confederation | (aged 81)
Nationality | Neogranadine |
Spouse | María Josefa Mariana Montoya y Zapata (1812–1863) |
Alma mater | College of Saint Bartholomew (LLB, 1808) |
Profession | Lawyer |
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José Manuel Restrepo Vélez (30 December 1781 – 1 April 1863)[1] was an investigator of Colombian flora, political figure and historian. The orchid genus Restrepia was named in his honor.
Restrepo was born in the town of Envigado, Antioquia in the Colombian Mid-west. He graduated as a lawyer from the Colegio de San Bartolomé in the city of Santa Fe de Bogotá. He later worked as Secretary for Juan del Corral and Governor Dionisio Tejada during their dictatorial government over Antioquia.
From 1811 to 1814 he became a Deputy Representative of Antioquia during the Congress of the United Provinces of New Granada. After the Independence from Spain was achieved by Simon Bolivar, Restrepo became governor of Antioquia in 1819 during the Greater Colombia.
Restrepo was profoundly interested in geography and fauna of Antioquia.
References
[edit]- ^ Arciniegas Rueda, Pedro (2010-12-01). "Biografías" [Biographies]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (252). Bogotá. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
- (in Spanish) Jorge Orlando Melo Revista Credencial Historial (Bogotá - Colombia). Tomo I. Enero-diciembre, 1990. No.1-12
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