1953 in Colombia

Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	Other events of 1953; Timeline of Colombian history;

Events of 1953 in Colombia.

Incumbents

President:
- Laureano Gómez (1950–13 June 1953).
- Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (Acting; 1951–13 June 1953).
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (13 June 1953 – 1957).
Vice President: N/A.^{[n 1]}

1 January – Liberal rebel groups attack the Palanquero Air Base with the hope of taking its jet planes and bombing Bogotá to force the resignation of Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez/Laureano Gómez.^[1]

8 March – Ramón Hoyos wins the 5th Vuelta a Colombia in Bogotá, having started the final in Girardot.^[2]
15 March – 1953 Colombian parliamentary election.

9 April – Unión Magdalena is formed.
16 April – The Ministry of Hygiene completes its transition into the new Ministry of Public Health, being officially renamed via Decree 984 of 1953 (Spanish: Decreto 984 de 1953).^[3]

13 June – 1953 Colombian coup d'état: General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla initiates a bloodless military coup d'état, seizing power at the Casa de Nariño from acting president Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez and official president Laureano Gómez.

Canada establishes full diplomatic relations with Colombia.^[5]
The Antonio Nariño and Alejandro Gutiérrez National Police Academies, in Barranquilla and Manizales respectively, open.
Luz Marina Cruz Lozada wins Miss Colombia 1953.
1953 Campeonato Profesional
The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo is established.
The Marymount International School Barranquilla is established.

19 March – Pablo Catatumbo, politician and FARC leader.
3 May – Luis Alberto Moreno, businessman and diplomat.
15 August – Paulo Laserna Phillips, journalist, businessman, and political scientist.
27 September – María Emma Mejía Vélez, politician, diplomat, and journalist.

20 March – Juan Uribe Holguin, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice (b. 1903).
8 May – Alejandro Ángel Escobar, businessmen and former Minister of Agriculture (b. 1903).
6 October – Miguel Rasch Isla, erotic writer and poet (b. 1887).

^ The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994.

^ De La Pedraja Tomán, René (2013). Wars of Latin America, 1948-1982: The Rise of the Guerrillas. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9780786470150. OCLC 860397564.
^ "Vuelta a Colombia 1953 Stage 15 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
^ Téllez, Marlin; Quevedo, Emilio (2022). "The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence" (PDF). Historia, Ciencias, Saude--Manguinhos. 29 (2): 461–480. doi:10.1590/S0104-59702022000200009. ISSN 1678-4758. PMID 35674622.
^ "DECRETO NUMERO 2655 DE 1953" (PDF). Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. 10 October 1953. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Canada, Global Affairs (2021-06-04). "Canada-Colombia relations". GAC. Retrieved 2024-09-18.

1953 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands