1953 in Colombia
Events of 1953 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President:
- *Laureano Gómez.
- *Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez.
- *Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
- Vice President: N/A.
Events
Ongoing
January
- 1 January – Liberal rebel groups attack the Palanquero Air Base with the hope of taking its jet planes and bombing Bogotá to force the resignation of Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez/Laureano Gómez.
March
- 8 March – Ramón Hoyos wins the 5th Vuelta a Colombia in Bogotá, having started the final in Girardot.
- 15 March – 1953 Colombian parliamentary election.
April
- 9 April – Unión Magdalena is formed.
- 16 April – The Ministry of Hygiene completes its transition into the new Ministry of Public Health, being officially renamed via Decree 984 of 1953.
June
- 13 June – 1953 Colombian coup d'état: General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla initiates a bloodless military coup d'état, seizing power at the Casa de Nariño from acting president Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez and official president Laureano Gómez.
October
- 10 October – The Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia is established in Tunja, Boyacá.
- 14 October – The National Administrative Department of Statistics is established.
- 25 October – The Cristo Rey is inaugurated in Cali.
Uncertain
- Canada establishes full diplomatic relations with Colombia.
- The Antonio Nariño and Alejandro Gutiérrez National Police Academies, in Barranquilla and Manizales respectively, open.
- Luz Marina Cruz Lozada wins Miss Colombia 1953.
- 1953 Campeonato Profesional
- The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo is established.
- The Marymount International School Barranquilla is established.
Births
- 19 March – Pablo Catatumbo, politician and FARC leader.
- 3 May – Luis Alberto Moreno, businessman and diplomat.
- 15 August – Paulo Laserna Phillips, journalist, businessman, and political scientist.
- 27 September – María Emma Mejía Vélez, politician, diplomat, and journalist.
Deaths
- 20 March – Juan Uribe Holguin, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice.
- 8 May – Alejandro Ángel Escobar, businessmen and former Minister of Agriculture.
- 6 October – Miguel Rasch Isla, erotic writer and poet.