Tomás de Herrera

Tomás de Herrera
President of the Free State of the Isthmus*
In office
November 18, 1840 – December 31, 1841
12th President of the Republic of the New Granada
In office
April 21, 1854 – August 5, 1854
Preceded byJosé María Melo
Succeeded byJosé de Obaldía
Personal details
Born
Tomás José Ramón del Carmen de Herrera y Pérez Dávila

(1804-12-21)December 21, 1804
Panama City
DiedDecember 1, 1854(1854-12-01) (aged 49)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca
Political partyLiberal
SpouseRamona de Urriola Obarrio
Signature
  • Head of State of Panama during its first, short lived independence between 1840–1841, first addressed as Superior Civil Chief, then Superior Chief of State and later President.

Tomás José Ramón del Carmen de Herrera y Pérez Dávila (21 December 1804 – 5 December 1854) was a Neogranadine statesman and general who in 1840 became Head of State of the Free State of the Isthmus, a short lived independent state which is located in what is now Panama. Tomás de Herrera also became acting President of the Republic of the New Granada for 3 months during the Colombian Civil War of 1854 against General José María Melo, who had committed a coup on 17 April.

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