Juan Francisco Antonio Hilarión Zea Díaz was a Neogranadine journalist, botanist, diplomat, politician, and statesman who served as Vice President of Colombia under then President Simón Bolívar. He was also Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom where he tried in vain to gain recognition for the nascent nation of Colombia.
Portrait by Pedro Lovera, c. 1874
House of the Congress of Angostura
Carlos Soublette, Pedro Briceño Méndez, Francisco Antonio Zea, Gregor MacGregor and Luis Brión in Ocumare. 19th century illustration by Carmelo Fernández.
Lithograph by Rudolph Ackermann of His Excellency Ambassador Zea with the following extract of his letter inscribed.
Vice President of Colombia
The vice president of Colombia is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the national government, after the president of Colombia, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office by the people of Colombia through the Popular Vote. Since the passage of the Article 102 Amendment to the Colombian Constitution, the vice president may also be appointed by the president to fill a vacancy, upon leave of absence or death, resignation, or removal of the president.
Since the 1990s, the vice president has been afforded an official residence at the Vice Presidential House of Bogotá, D.C.
Vice President of Colombia
José Manuel Marroquín, 3rd vice president of Colombia, and who is credited with eliminating the figure of the vice president for a long time.
Colombian Air Force One