List of governors of Santander

The governor of the Department Santander heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian department of Santander. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the department, serving as the main agent for the president of Colombia to carry on the task of maintaining public order and the execution of the general economic policy, and all matters of law passed down for the nation. The current governor is Horacio Serpa Uribe.

Eustorgio Salgar, three times President of the State of Santander and deputy for the States of Tolima, Santander, Cundinamarca. President of the Sovereign State of Cundinamarca (1874–1876). President of the United States of Colombia (1870–1872).
General Solón Wilches, twice president of the State of Santander, and presidential candidate in 1870 and 1872.
Aquileo Parra Gómez President of Santander, and President of the United States of Colombia (1876–1878).
Ramón González Valencia Governor of the Department of Santander, and Vice-president of Colombia in 1904.