| Eustorgio Salgar | |
| Order: | 10th |
| Office: | President of the United States of Colombia |
| Term Start: | April 1, 1870 |
| Term End: | April 1, 1872 |
| Predecessor: | Santos Gutiérrez |
| Successor: | Manuel Murillo Toro |
| Order2: | Presiding Member of the Provisional Executive Ministry of the Colombia |
| Alongside2: | Santos Gutiérrez, José Hilario López, Froilan Largacha, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera |
| Term Start2: | February 9, 1863 |
| Term End2: | May 14, 1863 |
| Predecessor2: | Provisionary Office* |
| Successor2: | Provisionary Office* |
| Order3: | Vice President of the |
| Office3: | Rionegro Convention |
| Term Start3: | February 4, 1863 |
| Term End3: | May 8, 1863 |
| President3: | Francisco Javier Zaldúa |
| Constituency3: | Federal District |
| Order4: | 35th President of the |
| Office4: | Sovereign State of Cundinamarca |
| Term Start4: | January 1, 1874 |
| Term End4: | December 31, 1875 |
| Predecessor4: | Julio Barriga V. |
| Successor4: | Jacobo Sánchez |
| Order5: | 21st |
| Office5: | President of the Sovereign State of Santander |
| Term Start5: | October 1, 1868 |
| Term End5: | March 14, 1870 |
| Predecessor5: | Narciso Cadena Uribe |
| Successor5: | Narciso Cadena Uribe |
| Order6: | 16th |
| Office6: | President of the Sovereign State of Santander |
| Term Start6: | August 11, 1861 |
| Term End6: | June 6, 1864 |
| Predecessor6: | Pedro Quintero Jácome |
| Successor6: | Rafael Otero Navarro |
| Order7: | 7th |
| Office7: | President of the Sovereign State of Santander |
| Term Start7: | April 3, 1859 |
| Term End7: | November 23, 1859 |
| Predecessor7: | Evaristo Azuero |
| Successor7: | Ulpiano Valenzuela |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1831 |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Republic of New Granada |
| Death Place: | Bogotá, Cundinamarca, United States of Colombia |
| Birthname: | Eustorgio Salgar Moreno |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Spouse: | Sinforosa Florez Mateus |
| Alma Mater: | National University of Colombia |
| Occupation: | Soldier (General), politician |
| Profession: | Jurisprudence |
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| Relations: | Consuelo Salgar de Montejo |
Eustorgio Salgar Moreno Salazar (1 November 1831 – 25 November 1885) was a Colombian lawyer, general and political figure, who was president of the United States of Colombia from 1870 until 1872.[1] Elected at age 39, he was the youngest president of Colombia.[2]
Salgar was born in Bogotá, Cundinamarca, on November 1, 1831.[2] He died in the same city, on November 25, 1885.[3]
Salgar attended what later became the National University of Colombia, where he studied jurisprudence. In 1851, at the age of 20, he obtained his law degree.[2]
From 1853, he was the governor of the Garcia Rovira province and, when it was merged with Pamplona in 1855, he assumed the new role of governor of the newly combined province until 1858. During that year, Salgar was a member of the briefly lived Granadine Confederation's senate and a year later became governor of the Sovereign State of Santander.
In 1859, Salgar enlisted in the army of General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera during the liberal uprising and the war against President Mariano Ospina Rodríguez. Salgar was captured in combat and tried for the insurgency. He was incarcerated until March 31, 1861, when General Mosquera took Bogotá.[2]
Following his term as president, Salgar was appointed as ambassador to the United States of America until 1867.
During the presidential election of 1870, the radical wing of the liberal party nominated Salgar as its candidate. The historical wing of the liberal party nominated General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera. Salgar obtained the majority of the popular vote and was elected president for the two-years term. He was inaugurated on April 1, 1870.[4] During his brief presidency, he founded and promoted the country's first railway company and the first corporation intended to provide social security.