José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto (7 September 1793 – 21 March 1880) was a Colombian statesman, lawyer and professor, who first served as Vice President of the Republic of the New Granada after being sworn in by congress in 1832, and under the presidency of Francisco de Paula Santander, and subsequently was elected President of the Republic of the New Granada for the presidential term of 1837 to 1841.

[1] Márquez was born in Ramiriquí, Boyacá and died in Bogotá, Cundinamarca at the age of 86.

Later, in the same capacity, he would take the oaths of General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera and José Hilario López.

[1] In 1831, Márquez was appointed as Secretary of the Treasury by President Domingo Caycedo.

[1] His presidency was noted for its economic and educational reforms and for the War of the Supremes in Pasto, Nariño.