José Eusebio Otalora

President of the United States of Colombia

José Eusebio Otálora Martínez September 16, 1826 Fomeque, Cundinamarca, Colombia

May 8, 1884(1884-05-08) (57) Tocaima, Cundinamarca, United States of Colombia

December 22, 1882 – April 1, 1884

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Otálora and the second or maternal family name is Martínez. José Eusebio Otálora Martínez was a Colombian statesman and General who became President of the United States of Colombia in 1882 in his capacity as the Second Presidential Designate following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and the non-acceptance of the office by the First Designate Rafael Núñez. Biographic data Otálora was born in Fomeque, Cundinamarca, on September 16, 1826, and died from a heart attack in Tocaima, Cundinamarca, on April 1, 1884. He was the second Colombia to die office.