Events in the year 2011 in Colombia.
Incumbents President: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (2010-2018) Vice President: Angelino Garzón (2010–2014)
Events
Ongoing
Colombian conflict
January
9 January – The Reinado Internacional del Café 2011 is held in Manizales.
April
23 April – 2011 Colombia floods: A state of emergency is declared.
May
30 May – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reportedly killed two mayoral candidates in the municipality of Campamento in the Antioquia department.
October
President Santos dissolves National Intelligence Service. 12 October – The 2011 Colombian student protests begin. 30 October – The 2011 Colombian regional and municipal elections are held.
November
4 November – Top FARC leader Guillermo León Sáenz aka Alfonso Cano is killed by the Colombian army. 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.
Deaths
January 31 January – Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (b.1946).
February 7 February – Helenita Vargas, singer (b. 1934). 9 February: Olga de Angulo, 55, Colombian Olympic swimmer (b.1955). David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author (b. 1945).
March 24 March – Gloria Valencia de Castaño, 83, Colombian television host, respiratory failure (b. 1927). 28 March – Sonia Osorio, 83, Colombian ballet dancer and choreographer, respiratory failure (b.1928).
April 19 April – Rafael Salas, 58, vallenato accordionist.
May 5 May – Salomón Hakim, 88, Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher, and inventor (b. 1922). 11 May – Dolores Salinas, singer and songwriter (b. 1933) 16 May – Francisco Zapata, musician (b. 1941).
June 14 June – Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment (b. 1934).
July 26 July – Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian singer (b. 1955).
September 2 September – Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy (b. 1929).
October 5 October – Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack (b. 1967). 7 October – Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman (b. 1923). 19 October – Édison Chará, 31, Colombian footballer, shot (b. 1980). 30 October – Boris de Greiff, 81, Colombian chess master (b. 1930).
November 1 November – Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (b. 1920). 4 November – Guillermo León Sáenz, 63, revolutionary (b. 1948). 20 November – Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (b. 1938). 23 November – Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1935). 25 November – , military officer (b. 1976).
December 1 December – Wilson Choperena, 87, composer of the lyrics to "La Pollera Colorá" (b. 1923).
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