2009 in Colombia

Incumbents

• President: Álvaro Uribe

Events

February

• February - FARC frees a former provincial governor along with five other high-profile hostages since 2001.

March

• 18 March - FARC releases a Swedish engineer thought to be the rebel group's last foreign hostage.

November

• November - President Alvaro Uribe signs a deal giving the US military access to seven military bases.

December

• December - Marxist rebel groups intend to stop fighting each other and focus on attacking the Colombian armed forces.
• December - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez orders 15,000 troops to the Colombian border.

Deaths

• 10 January - Liliana Lozano, 30, Colombian actress and beauty queen, shot.
• 16 March - Ramón Mantilla Duarte, 83, Colombian Bishop of Ipiales.
• 13 May - Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador.
• 30 May - Alexander Obregón, 32, Colombian footballer, car accident.
• 5 June - Helena Benítez de Zapata, 93, songwriter, politician, teacher, and journalist.
• 18 July - Ricardo Londoño, 59, Colombian racing driver, shot.
• 29 August - Gustavo Martínez Frías, 74, Colombian archbishop of Nueva Pamplona.
• 11 September - Julio Bovea, 75, musician.
• 20 September - Herman Córdoba, 19, Colombian footballer, traffic collision.
• 1 November - Arturo Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Pasto.
• 6 November - Abraham Escudero Montoya, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Palmira.
• 21 December - Jaime Agudelo, 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure.
• 22 December - Luis Francisco Cuéllar, 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta, assassination.