Bogotá

Seat of power, Colombia.

BuildingBogotá
What Wikidata calls itcapital district or territory
CapitalBogotá
Form of governmentpresidential republic
Population52,321,152

President of Colombia

#Held byFromToParty
Abelardo de la EspriellaAugust 7, 2026incumbent
Gustavo PetroAugust 7, 2022August 7, 2026
33Iván DuqueAugust 7, 2018August 7, 2022
32Juan Manuel SantosAugust 7, 2010August 7, 2018
31Álvaro Uribe VélezAugust 7, 2002August 7, 2010
30Andrés Pastrana ArangoAugust 7, 1998August 7, 2002
Carlos Lemos SimmondsJanuary 12, 1998January 24, 1998
29Ernesto SamperAugust 7, 1994August 7, 1998
28César GaviriaAugust 7, 1990August 7, 1994
27Virgilio Barco VargasAugust 7, 1986August 7, 1990
26Belisario BetancurAugust 7, 1982August 7, 1986
Julio César TurbayAugust 7, 1978August 7, 1982
Alfonso López MichelsenAugust 7, 1974August 7, 1978
Misael Pastrana BorreroAugust 7, 1970August 7, 1974
22Carlos Lleras RestrepoAugust 7, 1966August 7, 1970
21Guillermo León ValenciaAugust 7, 1962August 7, 1966
20Alberto Lleras CamargoAugust 7, 1958August 7, 1962
Gabriel París GordilloMay 10, 1957August 7, 1958
19Gustavo Rojas PinillaJune 13, 1953May 10, 1957
Laureano GómezAugust 7, 1950November 5, 1951
17Mariano Ospina PérezAugust 7, 1946August 7, 1950
16Alfonso López PumarejoAugust 7, 1942August 7, 1946
Eduardo SantosAugust 7, 1938August 7, 1942
Enrique Olaya HerreraAugust 7, 1930August 7, 1934
Miguel Abadía MéndezAugust 7, 1926August 7, 1930
11Pedro Nel Ospina VázquezAugust 7, 1922August 7, 1926
Marco Fidel SuárezAugust 10, 1918November 11, 1921
13José Vicente ConchaAugust 7, 1914August 7, 1918
Euclídes de AnguloMarch 9, 1908April 14, 1908
José Manuel MarroquínJuly 31, 1900August 7, 1904
7Manuel Antonio SanclementeAugust 7, 1898July 31, 1900
Miguel Antonio Caro TobarAugust 7, 1892August 7, 1898
Eliseo PayánDecember 1, 1887February 8, 1888
Rafael NúñezApril 1, 1886September 18, 1894
Ezequiel HurtadoApril 1, 1884August 10, 1884
16José Eusebio OtaloraDecember 22, 1882April 1, 1884
Clímaco CalderónDecember 21, 1882December 22, 1882
14Francisco Javier ZaldúaApril 1, 1882December 21, 1882
Julián Trujillo LargachaApril 1, 1878April 8, 1880
Manuel María RamírezDecember 22, 1877December 24, 1877
Santiago Pérez de ManosalbasApril 1, 1874April 1, 1876
Manuel Murillo ToroApril 1, 1872April 1, 1874
Eustorgio SalgarApril 1, 1870April 1, 1872
Santos GutiérrezApril 1, 1868April 1, 1870
6Santos AcostaMay 23, 1867April 1, 1868
Joaquín RiascosMay 12, 1867June 28, 1867
4Tomás Cipriano de MosqueraMay 22, 1866November 1, 1867
José María Rojas GarridoApril 1, 1866May 22, 1866
1Tomás Cipriano de MosqueraMay 14, 1863April 8, 1864
Froilán LargachaFebruary 10, 1863May 14, 1863
Leonardo Canal GonzálezJuly 18, 1862December 30, 1862
Bartolomé CalvoApril 1, 1861June 10, 1861
Juan José Nieto GilJanuary 25, 1861July 18, 1861
Mariano Ospina RodríguezMay 22, 1858March 31, 1861
José de ObaldíaDecember 4, 1854April 1, 1855
Francisco ObregónMay 20, 1854June 2, 1854
José María MeloApril 17, 1854December 4, 1854
José María ObandoApril 1, 1853April 17, 1854
Pedro Alcántara HerránApril 1, 1841April 1, 1845
Francisco de Paula SantanderOctober 7, 1832April 1, 1837
Domingo CaycedoMay 3, 1831November 22, 1831
Jerónimo de Mendoza GalavísApril 28, 1831May 3, 1831
Domingo CaycedoMay 4, 1830June 13, 1830
1Simón BolívarDecember 17, 1819April 27, 1830
José Miguel Pey de AndradeMarch 28, 1815July 28, 1815
Custodio García RoviraDecember 12, 1814March 28, 1815
Camilo Torres TenorioOctober 4, 1812October 5, 1814

67 tenures. Source: Wikidata, retrieved 2026-09-23.

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