Antonio narino biography

A native of Bogotá (New Granada) and one of the founders of the Colombian Republic, Antonio Amador José de Nariño Bernardo del Casal (such was his full name) served as Governor of the State of Cundinamarca from 21 September 1811 through 14 May 1814 (with a short break from 19 August to 12 September when he left Bogotá for the military expedition to Tunja) and as Vice President of the Republic of Colombia from 4 April to 6 June 1821.

Nariño spent many years (1797–1803, 1809–1810 and 1814–1821) in Spanish prisons and extensively travelled abroad, including Great Britain.

Nariño came from a prominent neogranadine family and served as treasurer of the diocese tithe (tesoriero de diezmos).

In December of 1793 he privately printed 80 or 100 copies of his translation of the 1789 Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. On 29 August 1794, he was arrested on charges of the subversive activities and swindling ecclesiastical funds and on 28 November 1795 he w