The vice president of Colombia is the second-highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the government of Colombia, after the president of Colombia.Vice Presidents have exercised this latter power to varying degrees. There have been 13 Vice Presidents of Colombia since the office was created in 1886 and reinstated in 1994. The current Vice President is José Manuel Restrepo, who assumed office as the 14th Vice President on August 7, 2026. The Vice President is first in the presidential line of succession; that is, they assume the presidency if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office through impeachment. Three Vice Presidents have ascended to the presidency in this manner.
Before the Constituent Assembly of 1905, a vacancy during the Vice President's term could not be filled until the next presidential inauguration following the elections. Four such vacancies occurred: four Vice Presidents succeeded to the presidency. The Colombian Constitution, ratified in 1991, allows for the election of a vice president following the election by both houses of Congress. Since its ratification, the vice presidency has been vacant twice (most recently during the Presidency of Juan Manuel Santos) and was filled on both occasions through this process. The amendment also established a procedure by which a vice president can, if the president is unable to exercise the powers and duties of the office, temporarily assume those powers and duties as acting president. Only one vice president has briefly served as president under the Constitution: Carlos Lemos Simmonds in 1998.
List Gran Colombia (1819–1831) Portrait Name Term Party Election President 1 Francisco Antonio Zea 17 December 1819–21 March 1820 Military Simón Bolívar 2 Juan Germán Roscio 21 March 1820–4 April 1821 3 Antonio Nariño 4 April 1821–6 June 1821 4 José María del Castillo 6 June 1821–3 October 1821 5 Francisco de Paula Santander 3 October 1821–19 September 1827 data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=2 data-sort-value="Zz, A" 6 Domingo Caycedo 3 May 1830–21 November 1831 Joaquín Mosquera data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=2 data-sort-value="Zz, A" Rafael Urdaneta 7 Domingo Caycedo 14 April 1831–20 October 1831 Vacant
New Granada (1831–1858) Portrait Name Term Party Election President 1 José María Obando 21 November 1831–10 March 1832 Liberal Domingo Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría 2 José Ignacio de Márquez 10 March 1832–12 May 1833 Conservative Francisco de Paula Santander 3 Joaquín Mosquera 12 May 1833–1 April 1835 Conservative Santander y Omaña 4 José Ignacio de Márquez 1 April 1835–1 April 1837 Conservative Francisco de Paula Santander 5 Domingo Caycedo 1 April 1837–1 April 1843 José Ignacio de Márquez 6 Joaquín Gori 1 April 1843–1 April 1845 Conservative Pedro Herrán 7 Rufino Cuervo 1 April 1845–1 April 1851 Conservative Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera 8 José de Obaldía 1 April 1851–1 April 1855 Liberal José Hilario López 9 1 April 1855–1 April 1857 Conservative José de Obaldía data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=5 data-sort-value="Zz, A" Mariano Ospina Rodríguez
Colombia (1886–present) Portrait Name Term Party Election President 1 Eliseo Payán 13 December 1887–8 February 1888 Conservative 1887 Rafael Núñez data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=6 data-sort-value="Zz, A" 2 Miguel Antonio Caro 7 August 1892–18 September 1894 Conservative 1890 data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=6 data-sort-value="Zz, A" Miguel Antonio Caro 3 José Manuel Marroquín 7 August 1898–31 July 1900 Conservative 1890 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=6 data-sort-value="Zz, A" José Manuel Marroquín 4 Ramón González Valencia 7 August 1904–10 March 1905 Conservative 1894 Rafael Reyes data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=7 data-sort-value="Zz, A" 5 Humberto de la Calle 7 August 1994–10 September 1996 Liberal 1994Ernesto Samper data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=6 data-sort-value="Zz, A" 6 Carlos Lemos Simmonds 19 September 1996–7 August 1998 Liberal 7 Gustavo Bell 7 August 1998–7 August 2002 Conservative 1998 Andrés Pastrana 8 Francisco Santos Calderón 7 August 2002–7 August 2010 Colombia First 2002 Álvaro Uribe 2006 9 Angelino Garzón 7 August 2010–7 August 2014 Unionist 2010Juan Manuel Santos 10 Germán Vargas Lleras 7 August 2014–21 March 2017 Radical Change 2014 data-sort-value="4.5" colspan=6 data-sort-value="Zz, A" 11 Óscar Naranjo 29 March 2017–7 August 2018 Unionist 2017 12 Marta Lucía Ramírez 7 August 2018–7 August 2022 Democratic Center 2018 Iván Duque 13 Francia Márquez 7 August 2022–7 August 2026 Democratic Pole (Historic Pact) 2022 Gustavo Petro 14 José Manuel Restrepo 7 August 2026-Incumbent Defenders of the Homeland 2026 Abelardo de la Espriella
See also List of viceroys of New Granada List of presidential designates of Colombia List of presidents of Colombia
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External links Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango – Lista de Vice Presidentes