2011 in Colombia

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Events in the year 2011 in Colombia.

• President: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2010-2018)
• Vice President: Angelino Garzón (2010–2014)

• Colombian conflict

• 9 January – The Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 is held in Manizales.

• 23 April – 2011 Colombia floods: A state of emergency is declared.^[1]

• 30 May – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reportedly killed two mayoral candidates in the municipality of Campamento in the Antioquia department.^[2]

• President Santos dissolves National Intelligence Service.^[3]
• 12 October – The 2011 Colombian student protests begin.
• 30 October – The 2011 Colombian regional and municipal elections are held.

• 4 November – Top FARC leader Guillermo León Sáenz aka Alfonso Cano is killed by the Colombian army.^[4]
• 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.^[5]

• 31 January – Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (b.1946).^[6]

• 7 February – Helenita Vargas, singer (b. 1934).^[7]
• 9 February:
  • Olga de Angulo, 55, Colombian Olympic swimmer (b.1955).^[8]
  • David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author (b. 1945).^[9]

• 24 March – Gloria Valencia de Castaño, 83, Colombian television host, respiratory failure (b. 1927).^[10]
• 28 March – Sonia Osorio, 83, Colombian ballet dancer and choreographer, respiratory failure (b.1928).^[11]

• 5 May – Salomón Hakim, 88, Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher, and inventor (b. 1922).^[12]
• 16 May – Francisco Zapata, musician (b. 1941).^[13]

• 14 June – Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment (b. 1934).^[14]

• 26 July – Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian singer (b. 1955).^[15]

• 2 September – Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy (b. 1929).^[16]

• 5 October – Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack (b. 1967).^[17]
• 7 October – Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman (b. 1923).^[18]
• 19 October – Édison Chará, 31, Colombian footballer, shot (b. 1980).^[19]
• 30 October – Boris de Greiff, 81, Colombian chess master (b. 1930).^[20]

• 1 November – Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (b. 1920).^[21]
• 4 November – Guillermo León Sáenz, 63, revolutionary (b. 1948).^[22]
• 20 November – Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (b. 1938).^[23]
• 23 November – Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1935).^[24]
• 25 November – Libio José Martínez, military officer (b. 1976).^[25]

• 1 December – Wilson Choperena, 87, composer of the lyrics to "La Pollera Colorá" (b. 1923).^[26]

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