Joaquín García Borrero was a Colombian engineer, politician, historian and writer.
He was member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives, Senator of Colombia and Governor of Huila Department.
[2] In 1998, 50 years after his death, García received the Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar given by the Colombian Chamber of Representatives given as a recognition to people and institutions which have worked to improve society and democracy.
His parents were Abelardo García Salas and María Inés Borrero Alvarez.
He had descended from prominent individuals such as Neiva's Governor Joaquín García Bernabeu, his grandfather, and Colombia's independence war patriot Benito Salas Vargas, his great-great-grandfather.