José Eusebio Otálora Martínez was a Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n 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

Francisco Javier Zaldúa

Francisco Javier Martínez de Zaldúa y Racines was a Colombian, lawyer and politician, elected President of Colombia in 1882.- Biographic data :...

, and the non acceptance of the office by the First Designate Rafael Núñez

Rafael Núñez (politician)

Rafael Wenceslao Núñez Moledo was a Colombian author, lawyer, journalist and politician, who was elected President of Colombia in 1880 and in 1884. Rafael Núñez was born in Cartagena de Indias, on September 28, 1825. He died in Cartagena on September 18, 1894.-Early life:Little is known about the...

Biographic data

Otálora was born in Fomeque

Fomeque

Fomeque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca....

, Cundinamarca

Cundinamarca Department (1824)

Cundinamarca Department was one the departments of Gran Colombia. It was part of the Centro District.- Provinces :* Bogotá Province. Capital: Bogotá. Cantones: Bogotá, Funza, Guaduas, Mesa, Tocaima, Ubaté y Zipaquirá....

, on September 16, 1826, and died in Tocaima

Tocaima

Tocaima refers to both a city and a municipality in Cundinamarca, Colombia.-City:The city of Tocaima was founded on March 20, 1544 by the Spanish explorer Hernan Vanegas Carrillo...

, Cundinamarca

Cundinamarca State

Cundinamarca State was one of the states of Colombia. It was created on 15 June 1857 as Estado Federal de Cundinamarca , in 1858 was recognized as Estado de la Federación, and in the constitution of 1863 re-named as Estado Soberano of the United States of Colombia.- Subdivisions :With the law of...

, on May 8, 1885.