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List of vice presidents of Colombia

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The vice president of Colombia is the second-highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the government of Colombia, after the president of Colombia.Vice Presidents have exercised this latter power to varying degrees. There have been 13 Vice Presidents of Colombia since the office was created in 1886 and reinstated in 1994. The current Vice President is José Manuel Restrepo, who assumed office as the 14th Vice President on August 7, 2026. The Vice President is first in the presidential line of succession; that is, they assume the presidency if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office through impeachment. Three Vice Presidents have ascended to the presidency in this manner.

Before the Constituent Assembly of 1905, a vacancy during the Vice President's term could not be filled until the next presidential inauguration following the elections. Four such vacancies occurred: four Vice Presidents succeeded to the presidency. The Colombian Constitution, ratified in 1991, allows for the election of a vice president following the election by both houses of Congress. Since its ratification, the vice presidency has been vacant twice (most recently during the Presidency of Juan Manuel Santos) and was filled on both occasions through this process. The amendment also established a procedure by which a vice president can, if the president is unable to exercise the powers and duties of the office, temporarily assume those powers and duties as acting president. Only one vice president has briefly served as president under the Constitution: Carlos Lemos Simmonds in 1998.

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Gran Colombia (1819–1831)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party Election President
1 Francisco Antonio Zea[1] 17 December 1819
–
21 March 1820
Military Simón Bolívar
2 Juan Germán Roscio[2] 21 March 1820
–
4 April 1821
3 Antonio Nariño[3] 4 April 1821
–
6 June 1821
4 José María del Castillo[4] 6 June 1821
–
3 October 1821
5 Francisco de Paula Santander[5] 3 October 1821
–
19 September 1827
Office vacant (19 September 1827 – 3 May 1830)
6 Domingo Caycedo[6] 3 May 1830
–
21 November 1831
Joaquín Mosquera
Office vacant (19 September 1827 – 3 May 1830) Rafael Urdaneta
7 Domingo Caycedo 14 April 1831
–
20 October 1831
Vacant
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New Granada (1831–1858)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party Election President
1 José María Obando

[7]

21 November 1831
–
10 March 1832
Liberal Domingo Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría
2 José Ignacio de Márquez[8] 10 March 1832
–
12 May 1833
Conservative Francisco de Paula Santander
3 Joaquín Mosquera[9] 12 May 1833
–
1 April 1835
Conservative Santander y Omaña
4 José Ignacio de Márquez[8] 1 April 1835
–
1 April 1837
Conservative Francisco de Paula Santander
5 Domingo Caycedo[6] 1 April 1837
–
1 April 1843
José Ignacio de Márquez
6 Joaquín Gori 1 April 1843
–
1 April 1845
Conservative Pedro Herrán
7 Rufino Cuervo[10] 1 April 1845
–
1 April 1851
Conservative Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
8 José de Obaldía[11] 1 April 1851
–
1 April 1855
Liberal José Hilario López
9 Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen[12] 1 April 1855
–
1 April 1857
Conservative José de Obaldía
Office abolished (1 April 1857 – 4 August 1886) Mariano Ospina Rodríguez
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Colombia (1886–present)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party Election President
1 Eliseo Payán
(1825–1895)
13 December 1887
–
8 February 1888
Conservative 1887 Rafael Núñez[13]
Office vacant (8 February 1888 – 7 August 1892)
2 Miguel Antonio Caro
(1845–1909)
[14]
7 August 1892
–
18 September 1894
Conservative 1890
Office vacant (18 September 1894 – 7 August 1898) Miguel Antonio Caro
3 José Manuel Marroquín
(1827–1908)
[15]
7 August 1898
–
31 July 1900
Conservative 1890 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
Office vacant (31 July 1900 – 7 August 1904) José Manuel Marroquín
4 Ramón González Valencia
(1851–1928)
7 August 1904
–
10 March 1905
Conservative 1894 Rafael Reyes
Office abolished (10 March 1905 – 7 August 1994)
5 Humberto de la Calle
(b.1946)
7 August 1994
–
10 September 1996
Liberal 1994 Ernesto Samper
Office vacant (10 – 19 September 1996)
6 Carlos Lemos Simmonds
(1933–2003)
[16]
19 September 1996
–
7 August 1998
Liberal
7 Gustavo Bell
(b. 1957)
7 August 1998
–
7 August 2002
Conservative 1998 Andrés Pastrana
8 Francisco Santos Calderón
(b. 1961)
7 August 2002
–
7 August 2010[a]
Colombia First 2002 Álvaro Uribe[17]
2006
9 Angelino Garzón
(b. 1946)
[17]
7 August 2010
–
7 August 2014
Unionist 2010 Juan Manuel Santos
10 Germán Vargas Lleras
(1962–2026)
7 August 2014
–
21 March 2017
Radical Change 2014
Office vacant (21 – 29 March 2017)
11 Óscar Naranjo
(b. 1956)
29 March 2017
–
7 August 2018
Unionist 2017


12 Marta Lucía Ramírez
(b. 1954)
7 August 2018
–
7 August 2022
Democratic Center 2018 Iván Duque
13 Francia Márquez
(b. 1981)
7 August 2022
–
7 August 2026
Democratic Pole (Historic Pact) 2022 Gustavo Petro
14 José Manuel Restrepo
(b. 1970)
7 August 2026
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Incumbent
Defenders of the Homeland 2026 Abelardo de la Espriella
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