2011 in Colombia
Events in the year 2011 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
- [Vice President of Colombia|President of Colombia|Vice President]: Angelino Garzón
Events
Ongoing
January
- 9 January – The Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 is held in Manizales.
April
- 23 April – 2011 Colombia floods: A state of emergency is declared.
May
- 30 May – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reportedly killed two mayoral candidates in the municipality of Campamento in the Antioquia department.
October
- President Santos dissolves National Intelligence Service.
- 12 October – The 2011 Colombian student protests begin.
- 30 October – The 2011 Colombian regional and municipal elections are held.
November
- 4 November – Top FARC leader Guillermo León Sáenz aka Alfonso Cano is killed by the Colombian army.
- 14 November – Miss Colombia 2011 is held.
- 26 November – The FARC reportedly kill four members of the Colombian Security Forces that were held captive for more than a decade.
Deaths
January
- 31 January – Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi.
February
- 7 February – Helenita Vargas, singer.
- 9 February:
- * Olga de Angulo, 55, Colombian Olympic swimmer.
- * David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author.
March
- 24 March – Gloria Valencia de Castaño, 83, Colombian television host, respiratory failure.
- 28 March – Sonia Osorio, 83, Colombian ballet dancer and choreographer, respiratory failure.
May
- 5 May – Salomón Hakim, 88, Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher, and inventor.
- 11 May – Dolores Salinas, singer and songwriter
- 16 May – Francisco Zapata, musician.
June
- 14 June – Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá, Foreign Minister, heart ailment.
July
- 26 July – Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian singer.
September
- 2 September – Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy.
October
- 5 October – Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack.
- 7 October – Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman.
- 19 October – Édison Chará, 31, Colombian footballer, shot.
- 30 October – Boris de Greiff, 81, Colombian chess master.
November
- 1 November – Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín.
- 4 November – Guillermo León Sáenz, 63, revolutionary.
- 20 November – Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales.
- 23 November – Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- 25 November –, military officer.
December
- 1 December – Wilson Choperena, 87, composer of the lyrics to "La Pollera Colorá".