| José Eusebio Otálora | |
| Order: | 16th |
| Office: | President of the United States of Colombia |
| Term Start: | December 22, 1882 |
| Term End: | April 1, 1884 |
| Predecessor: | Clímaco Calderón |
| Successor: | Ezequiel Hurtado |
| Order2: | 14th President of the |
| Office2: | Sovereign State of Boyacá |
| Term Start2: | 1877 |
| Term End2: | 1882 |
| Predecessor2: | José del C. Rodríguez |
| Successor2: | Aristides Calderón |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1826 |
| Birth Place: | Fomeque, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Death Place: | Tocaima, Cundinamarca, United States of Colombia |
| Birthname: | José Eusebio Otálora Martínez |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Spouse: | Mercedes González Ramirez |
| Alma Mater: | Our Lady of the Rosary University |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, professor, diplomat |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Allegiance: | Colombia (Liberal Party) |
| Rank: | General |
| Battles: | Colombian Civil War 1860-1862 Colombian Civil War of 1876 |
José Eusebio Otálora Martínez (1826-1884) was a Colombian statesman and General who became President of the United States of Colombia in 1882 in his capacity as the Second Presidential Designate following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and the non-acceptance of the office by the First Designate Rafael Núñez.[1]
Otálora was born in Fomeque, Cundinamarca, on December 16, 1826, and died from a heart attack in Tocaima, Cundinamarca, on April 1, 1884.[2] He was the second Colombia to die office.