Pedro Alcántara Herrán

Pedro Alcántara Herrán
1st Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Costa Rica
In office
1856–1870
PresidentManuel María Mallarino
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byAntonio María Pradilla
2nd Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States
In office
20 June 1855 - 3 March 1863 
December 7, 1847 - August 16, 1849
PresidentManuel María Mallarino
Preceded byJosé María Salazar
Succeeded byManuel Murillo Toro
3rd President of the Republic of the New Granada
In office
1 April 1841  1 April 1845
Vice PresidentDomingo Caycedo
Preceded byJosé Ignacio de Márquez
Succeeded byTomás Cipriano de Mosquera
Personal details
Born(1800-10-19)19 October 1800
Bogotá, Viceroyalty of the New Granada
Died26 April 1872(1872-04-26) (aged 71)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, United States of Colombia
Political partyConservative
SpouseAmelia Mosquera Arboleda

Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez de Zaldúa (October 19, 1800 in Bogotá, Viceroyalty of the New Granada - April 26, 1872 in Bogotá) was a Colombian general and statesman who served as President of the Republic of the New Granada between 1841 and 1845. As a general he served in the wars of independence of the New Granada and of Peru.