- Camilo Torres Tenorio
Infobox Officeholder
name =Camilo Torres Tenorio
office = President of the Congress, entrusted with the Federal Executive Power*
term_start =October 4 ,1812
term_end =October 5 ,1814
predecessor =Antonio Nariño
successor =Triumvirate José María del Castillo Rada ,José Fernández Madrid ,Joaquín Camacho
office2 = President of the United Provinces of the New Granada
term_start2 =November 15 ,1815
term_end2 =March 14 ,1816
vicepresident2 =Manuel Rodríguez Torices
predecessor2 =Triumvirate Manuel Rodríguez Torices ,Antonio Villavicencio ,José Miguel Pey de Andrade
successor2 =José Fernández Madrid
birth_date =November 22 ,1766
birth_place =Popayán , Cauca
death_date =October 5 ,1816
death_place =Bogotá ,Cundinamarca
nationality =
party = Federalist
spouse = Francisca Prieto y Ricaurte
religion =Roman Catholic
footnotes =*Leader of Congress acting in rebelion against Antonio Nariño’s Government.Camilo Torres Tenorio (
November 22 1766 –October 5 1816 ) was aColombia n politician and one of the early leaders of the nation's independence struggle against Spanish rule.He and
Antonio Nariño had grave political disagreements that divided the independence movement.During the
Spanish invasion of New Granada , Torres was captured in the city of Buenaventura, being imprisoned by royalist and Spanish troops. He was executed for treason against theSpanish monarchy onOctober 5 1816 .
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