2005 in Colombia

Incumbents

• President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
• [Vice President of Colombia|President of Colombia|Vice President]: Francisco Santos Calderón.

Events

January

• 26 January – Catalina Sandino Moreno becomes the first Colombian to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her role in Maria Full of Grace as María Álvarez.

February

• 21–22 February – San José de Apartadó massacre: Members of the Military of Colombia and United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia kill five adults and three children in the village of San José de Apartadó.

March

• 25 March – West Caribbean Airways Flight 9955: A flight between the Providencia and San Andres Islands crashes after its left engine flames out. The two pilots and seven of the passengers are killed.

April

• 8 April – Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005: An annular version of a total solar eclipse is visible in areas of Colombia.

May

• 12 May – Ex-Justice Minister Alberto Santofimio Botero is arrested for the 1989 assassination of Luis Carlos Galán.
• 22 May – Jamundí massacre: The Colombian National Army's High Mountain Battalion kill 10 policemen of the Colombian National Police and a civilian in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca.

June

• 25 June – The 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People's Army fight with National Army Military troops at Teteyé military base; 19 soldiers die, 11 are injured, and one is kidnapped.

July

• 24 July – The 55th Vuelta a Colombia begins in Pitalito, Huila.

August

• 12–21 August – The 15th Bolivarian Games is held in Armenia, Pereira, Cartagena, and Bogotá, officially opened on the 12th by President Uribe.
• 24 August – Vallenato singer Kaleth Morales is killed in a traffic accident at 21 years old.

September

• 13 September – Ex-president Julio César Turbay Ayala dies.

October

• 19 October –The Constitutional Court approves reform that would allow president Uribe to run for a second presidential term in 2006.

November

• 14 November – Miss Colombia 2005 is held in Cartagena de Indias; Miss Atlántico Valerie Dominguez wins.
• 25 November – The Green Alliance Party of Colombia is founded as the Center Option Party.

December

• The Independent Democratic Pole and the Democratic Alternative merge to form the Alternative Democratic Pole.
• 3 December – Ex-senator is assassinated by the FARC-EP.

Births

• 22 February – Linda Caicedo, professional soccer player.

Deaths

• 18 July – Antonio María Peñaloza, musician, arranger, and songwriter
• 24 August – Kaleth Morales, vallenato singer.
• 13 September – Julio César Turbay Ayala, president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982.
• 3 December –, former senator.