1954 in Colombia

Incumbents

• President: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
• Vice President: N/A.

Events

Ongoing

• La Violencia
• 1954 Campeonato Profesional

January

• 12 January – :The 4th Vuelta a Colombia begins in Bogotá.
• 31 January – : Ramón Hoyos Vallejo wins the 4th Vuelta a Colombia.

May

• 1 May – The first test of television in Colombia is conducted, transmitting signals between Bogotá and Manizales.
• 16 May – The is founded in Bogotá.

June

• 8–9 June – : 11 university students protesting the killing of by the National Police are killed by the Colombian Battalion.
• 11 June –, a military officer and dissident of the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship, is assassinated in Barranquilla, where he was in exile from his native Venezuela.
• 13 June – Television is officially inaugurated in Colombia.

August

• 15 August – The old Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is inaugurated.

September

• 9 September – The is created.

Uncertain

• The Estadio Departamental Libertad is inaugurated.

Deaths

• 8 June –, 23, University student and activist.