Joaquín París Ricaurte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Colombian Army commander
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Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia
About Joaquín París Ricaurte
- Joaquín Paris y Ricaurte (Bogotá, Colombia, August 15, 1795 – Honda, Colombia, October 2, 1868) was a hero of the Latin American war for independence.
- Paris was born in the former city of Santa Fe in Colombia to an aristocratic family of Spanish descent.
- His father was born in Madrid and came to Santa Fe as Secretary of Virey Messía de la Cerda.
- Prior to the independence war, he joined the patriotic ranks, ten days after declaration of independence.
- Governor of Neiva and Cundinamarca States.
- Secretary of War, vicepresident of Colombia in 1955, 87 years after his death. París died in Honda in 1868.
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