Events in the year 2009 in Colombia.
Incumbents President: Álvaro Uribe
Events February
February - FARC frees a former provincial governor along with five other high-profile hostages since 2001.
March
18 March - FARC releases a Swedish engineer thought to be the rebel group's last foreign hostage.
November
November - President Alvaro Uribe signs a deal giving the US military access to seven military bases.
December
December - Marxist rebel groups intend to stop fighting each other and focus on attacking the Colombian armed forces. December - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez orders 15,000 troops to the Colombian border.
Deaths
10 January - Liliana Lozano, 30, Colombian actress and beauty queen, shot. 16 March - Ramón Mantilla Duarte, 83, Colombian Bishop of Ipiales (1985–1987). 13 May - Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador. 30 May - Alexander Obregón, 32, Colombian footballer, car accident. 5 June - Helena Benítez de Zapata, 93, songwriter, politician, teacher, and journalist. 18 July - Ricardo Londoño, 59, Colombian racing driver, shot. 29 August - Gustavo Martínez Frías, 74, Colombian archbishop of Nueva Pamplona. 11 September - Julio Bovea, 75, musician. 20 September - Herman Córdoba, 19, Colombian footballer, traffic collision. 1 November - Arturo Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Pasto. 6 November - Abraham Escudero Montoya, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Palmira. 21 December - Jaime Agudelo, 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure. 22 December - Luis Francisco Cuéllar, 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta, assassination.
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