List of Vice Presidents of Colombia

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This is a list of Colombian Vice Presidents.

#	Name of Vice President	Took Office	Left Office	President(s)	Notes
1	José Miguel Pey de Andrade	June 20, 1810	November 22, 1810	Antonio José Amar y Borbón	Because of Amar y Borbón's resignation became the first criollo to be in charge of the country.
2	José María Domínguez del Castillo	March 1, 1811	September 19, 1811	Jorge Tadeo Lozano
3	Manuel Rodríguez Torices	November 15, 1815	March 14, 1816	Camilo Torres Tenorio
4	Liborio Mejía	June 22, 1816	July 10, 1816	Custodio García Rovira	Became acting president due to the absence of the president at the moment of his nomination.
5	Francisco Antionio Zea	December 17, 1819	March 21, 1820	Simon Bolivar
6	Francisco de Paula Santander	December 17, 1819	March 11, 1821	Simon Bolivar
7	Juan German Roscio	March 21, 1820	April 4, 1821	Simon Bolivar
8	Antonio Nariño	April 4, 1821	June 6, 1821	Simon Bolivar
9	José María del Castillo y Rada	June 6, 1821	October 3, 1821	Simon Bolivar
10	Francisco de Paula Santander	November 3, 1821	September 10, 1827	Simon Bolivar
11	Domingo Caycedo Santamaria	May 4, 1830	June 13, 1830	Joaquín Mosquera
12	José Ignacio de Márquez	October 23, 1839	November 21, 1840	Francisco de Paula Santander	José Ignacio de Márquez acted as President of Colombia on three occasions due to absences of Santander.
13	José María Obando		José Ignacio de Márquez		Obando was the interim Vice President of José Ignacio de Márquez.
14	Domingo Caycedo Santamaria	April 1, 1841	November 1, 1842	Pedro Alcántara Herrán
15	Rufino José Cuervo	April 1, 1841	November 1, 1842	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
16	José de Obaldía	April 1, 1841	November 1, 1842	José Hilario López, José María Obando
17	Manuel María Mallarino			Manuel María Mallarino	Elected to replace impeached President Obando.
18	Miguel Antonio Caro			Rafael Núñez
19	José Manuel Marroquín			Manuel Antonio Sanclemente	Marroquín leaded a Coup d'etat to depose President San Clemente.
20	Ramón González Valencia			Rafael Reyes	Rafael Reyes abolished the figure of Vice President.

[edit] After Constitution of 1991

#	Name of Vice President	Took Office	Left Office	President(s)	Notes
1	Humberto De la Calle	August 7, 1994	September 20, 1996	Ernesto Samper	De la Calle Renounced to his post after the President was involved in the Proceso 8000 scandal.
2	Carlos Lemos Simmonds	August 7, 1996	August 7, 1998	Ernesto Samper	Lemos Simmonds was the first Vice President to become President of Colombia after the 1991 constitution. He replaced President Samper for nine days after Samper underwent surgery.
3	Gustavo Bell	August 7, 1998	August 7, 2002	Andres Pastrana
4	Francisco Santos Calderón	August 7, 2002	Incumbent	Alvaro Uribe	Santos completed a first term as Vice President from 2002 until 2006. He was re-elected for a second term along President Uribe.