2017 in Colombia
| |||||
| Decades: |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
Events in the year 2017 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Juan Manuel Santos
- Vice President:
- until 21 March: Germán Vargas Lleras
- 21 March-29 March: vacant
- starting 29 March: Oscar Naranjo
Events
- 7 January – the Reinado Internacional del Café 2017, held in Manizales
Deaths
- 29 January – Elkin Ramírez, singer-songwriter (b. 1962).[1]
- 15 March – Vicky, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)[2]
- 5 June – Marcos Coll, footballer (b. 1935)
- 2 November – Efraín Mejía, musician and songwriter (b. 1934)[3]
- 6 November – Jaime Llano González, musician and composer (b. 1932)[4]
References
- ^ Cantor-Navas, Judy (29 January 2017). "Elkin Ramirez, Colombia's 'Rock Titan' and Leader of Kraken, Dies at 54". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Carlos Solano (2017-03-15), "Falleció la cantante Vicky" [The singer Vicky has died], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-11-13
- ^ "Murió el compositor de 'El Mapalé', Efraín Mejía" [Efraín Mejía, composer of 'El Mapalé', has died], El Espectador (in Spanish), 2017-11-03, retrieved 2026-01-22
- ^ "Murió el maestro Jaime Llano González" [Maestro Jaime Llano González has died], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 2017-11-06, retrieved 2025-06-11