Custodio García Rovira
| José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira | |
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| President of the United Provinces of the New Granada* | |
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In office January 21, 1815 – August 17, 1815 |
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| Succeeded by | Antonio Villavicencio |
| President of the United Provinces of the New Granada | |
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In office June 30, 1816 – July 10, 1816 |
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| Vice President | Liborio Mejía |
| Preceded by | Liborio Mejía |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Serrano |
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| Born | March 2, 1780 Bucaramanga, Santander |
| Died | August 8, 1816 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | María Josefa Piedrahita y Sáenz |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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José María del Castillo y Rada, José Fernández Madrid,
José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira (March 2, 1780 – August 8, 1816) was a Neogranadine general, statesman and painter, who fought for the independence of New Granada from Spain, and became President of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816. He was executed a month later during the Reconquista, at the hands of Pablo Morillo.
García was the son of Juan de Dios García Navas and Rosa Rovira de García, he was born on March 2, 1780, in Bucaramanga, in the province of Socorro, part of the Viceroyalty of the New Granada, in what is now Colombia. He attended the Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé in Santafé de Bogotá, where he graduated in 1799 with a degree in Philosophy, and in 1804 he got his degree in Civil Law, and later a Doctorate in Theology. He also attended the Saint Thomas Aquinas University where he studied Painting and Music, later receiving a degree in Fine arts; on April 29, 1809, García also received his doctorate in Law and was officially received as a lawyer by the Royal Audiency of Santafé de Bogotá. He later returned to San Bartolomé this time as a professor in the areas of Algebra, Mathematics, Trigonometry, PhilosophyMetaphysics, and Ethics.
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