Joaquín Camacho President

José Joaquín Justo Camacho Lago (July 17, 1766 – August 31, 1816) was a Neogranadine statesman, lawyer, journalist and professor, who worked for the Independence of the New Granada, what is now Colombia, and participated in the Open Cabildo which declared the Act of Independence, of which he was also a signer. He was executed during the Reign of Terror of Pablo Morillo after the Spanish invasion of New Granada.

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Joaquín Camacho
Birth dateJuly 17, 1766
Birth nameJosé Joaquín Justo Camacho Lago
Birth place
Viceroyalty of New Granada , Boyacá Department , Tunja
Religion
Catholic Church
Date of deathAugust 31, 1816
Place of death
Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca , Bogotá , United Provinces of New Granada
Education
Del Rosario University

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