17 Facts About Domingo Caycedo

Domingo de Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaria was a Colombian statesman who served as the vice president of Gran Colombia and the Republic of New Granada.

Domingo Caycedo served as acting President of Colombia a total of eleven times, the most terms any president has served to date.

Domingo Caycedo is credited for creating the Republic of New Granada after the division of Venezuela and Ecuador.

Domingo Caycedo's father Luis Caicedo y Florez was a caudillo from Tolima, where his family owned many estates, including the haciendas Saldana and Santa Barbara de Contreras.

Domingo Caycedo later became a general in the army and then president of the country.

Domingo Caycedo traveled to Spain, where he joined the army to fight against Napoleon, and he worked as a secretary in the Spanish Cortes.

Domingo Caycedo died in Puente Aranda, near Bogota, on July 1,1843.

Domingo Caycedo became a member of the Advisory Council to General Antonio Narino.

Domingo Caycedo was court-martialed as a prisoner of war, found guilty of treason, and sentenced to death.

Domingo Caycedo's life was spared thanks to the influence of his father-in-law, his wife Juana Jurado y Bertendona, and some monetary payments to the Spanish authorities.

Domingo Caycedo was freed under probation and vanished from the war theatre until the revolutionary triumph at the Battle of Boyaca on August 7,1819.

Once again, after the revolutionary triumph of August 7,1819, Domingo Caycedo returned to public life under the protection of Simon Bolivar.

Domingo Caycedo became part of the inner circle of Bolivar, who appointed him as Secretary of the Interior in 1829 and a year later as Secretary of State.

Domingo Caycedo was deposed by the first coup d'etat in the country, by the Venezuelan General Rafael Urdaneta on September 5,1830.

Months later, supported by the regrouped constitutional army, Domingo Caycedo proclaimed he was the legitimate president on April 11,1831.

Domingo Caycedo contacted General Urdaneta and invited him to a summit to discuss the future of the nation's government.

Domingo Caycedo would act as interim president for the six times president Jose Ignacio de Marquez would be absent from office for short periods of time.