2014 in Colombia

Incumbents

• President: Juan Manuel Santos
• Vice President: Angelino Garzón, Germán Vargas Lleras

  Events

March

• March 9 - President Juan Manuel Santos's coalition wins a reduced majority, while former President Alvaro Uribe is elected to the Senate.

  May

• May 18 - A bus in Fundación, department of Magdalena, ignites while transporting children from a religious service, killing 31 children.
• May 25 - Voters in Colombia go to the polls for the first round in the presidential election. Opposition candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga wins a plurality of votes and will face the incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in the second round.

  June

• June 15 - Voters in Colombia go to the polls for a presidential election, pitting incumbent Juan Manuel Santos against Óscar Iván Zuluaga. Santos is reelected with 51% of the vote.

  August

• August 8 - Juan Manuel Santos is sworn in for a second term as President of Colombia.

  November

• November 30 - FARC releases Colombian Army general Rubén Alzate and two other prisoners they recently captured.