Events from the year 2005 in Colombia.
Incumbents
President: Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002 – 2010). Vice President: Francisco Santos Calderón (2002 – 2010).
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 (AUC) 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 (FARC-EP) 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 (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) merge to form the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA). 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 (b. 1916) 24 August – Kaleth Morales, vallenato singer (b. 1984). 13 September – Julio César Turbay Ayala, president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 (b. 1916). 3 December – , former senator (b. 1949).
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