Cristóbal de Vergara Azcárate explained

Cristóbal de Vergara Azcárate y Caycedo (1766-1831) was a Colombian lawyer, professor, accountant and politician who graduated from Del Rosario University in Bogotá. Vergara served as Minister of Finance, governor of Cundinamarca, Cauca (1825) and Boyacá, designated by President Francisco de Paula Santander. He also was the administrator of the sea salt mines of Zipaquirá during the presidency of Simón Bolívar.^{[1] [2] [3]} Between 1795 and 1804, Vergara worked as the Accountant of the Royal Accounts and administered the prominent monopoly of Aguardiente.^[4]

He was persecuted by the Spaniards in the Reconquista of 1816.

Cristóbal de Vergara Azcárate was the brother of president Felipe de Vergara and the uncle of president Estanislao Vergara.^[5]

References

1. Book: Uribe-Uran, Victor M. . Honorable Lives: Lawyers, Family, and Politics in Colombia, 1780–1850 . 2000-03-15 . University of Pittsburgh Pre . 978-0-8229-7732-2 . en.
2. Book: Felipe, Martínez Pinzón . Museo de cuadros de costumbres y variedades. Tomo I y II . 2020-01-01 . Ediciones Uniandes-Universidad de los Andes . 978-958-774-858-1 . es.
3. Book: Vergara, Julio C. Vergara y . Don Antonio de Vergara Azcárate y sus descendientes: La colonia. La independencia . 1952 . Impr. J. Pueyo . es.
4. Book: Urán, Victor Uribe . Vidas honorables: abogados, familia y política en Colombia, 1780-1850 . 2008 . Fondo Editorial Universidad EAFIT . 978-958-720-009-6 . es.
5. Book: Vergara, Julio C. Vergara y . Don Antonio de Vergara Azcárate y sus descendientes: La colonia. La independencia . 1952 . Impr. J. Pueyo . es.