2015 in Colombia

Incumbents

• President: Juan Manuel Santos
• Vice President: Germán Vargas Lleras

Events

January

• 10 January – Reinado Internacional del Café 2015.
• 25 January – Miss [Colombia 2013] Paulina Vega is crowned Miss Universe 2014.

February

• 22 February – The 2015 Pan American Cross Country Cup is held in Barranquilla.

March

• 10 March – 2015 Santander earthquake.

April

• 12 April – The Attorney General announces that there are 22 open investigations against Army generals concerning false positive killings during an event honoring its victims.

May

• 18 May – 2015 Colombian landslide.

June

• 18-22 June – The 2015 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships are held in Cali.

July

• 15-19 July – The 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics are held in Cali.

August

• 2-15 August – 2015 Vuelta a Colombia.
• 4 August – 2015 Colombia helicopter crash.
• 19 August – 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: 3 Venezuelan soldiers are injured from gunfire on the border with Venezuela.
• 20 August – 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro declares a state of emergency.

September

• 12 September– 2015 Colombia–Venezuela migrant crisis: Both Colombia and Venezuela send moving troops and armored vehicles to their shared border.

October

• 25 October – 2015 Colombian regional and municipal elections

November

• 16 November – Miss Colombia 2015.

December

• 22 December – Medical marijuana is legalized.

Deaths

• 18 November – Calixto Ochoa, 81, accordionist and songwriter