Francisco Antonio Zea

Francisco Antonio Zea
Portrait by Pedro Lovera, c. 1874
Gran Colombian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
16 June 1820 – 28 November 1822
PresidentSimón Bolívar
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byJosé Fernández Madrid
Vice President of Colombia
In office
17 December 1819 – 21 March 1820
PresidentSimón Bolívar Palacios
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byFrancisco de Paula Santander y Omaña
President of the Congress of Angostura
In office
15 February 1819 – 7 September 1819
DeputyDiego de Vallenilla
Personal details
Born
Juan Francisco Antonio Hilarión Zea Díaz

(1766-11-23)23 November 1766
Medellín, Antioquia, Viceroyalty of New Granada
Died28 November 1822(1822-11-28) (aged 56)
Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Resting placeBath Abbey
51°22′51″N 2°21′33″W / 51.38083°N 2.35917°W / 51.38083; -2.35917
NationalityNeogranadine
SpouseFelipa Meilhon Montemayor
ChildrenFelipa Zea Meilhon, Viscountess of Rigny
OccupationDiplomat, botanist

Juan Francisco Antonio Hilarión Zea Díaz (23 November 1766 – 28 November 1822) was a Neogranadine journalist, botanist, diplomat, politician, and statesman who served as Vice President of Colombia under then President Simón Bolívar. He was also Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom where he tried in vain to gain recognition for the nascent nation of Colombia.[citation needed]