Germán Vargas Lleras, Colombia’s Former Vice President and Two-Time Presidential Candidate, Has Died
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May 8, 2026 – Bogotá – EFE. Colombia’s political landscape is in mourning after the death of Germán Vargas Lleras at 64 years of age in Bogotá was confirmed. Former vice president and party leader Cambio Radical died on Friday due to complications stemming from a brain tumor that had suffered for several years. The news was ratified both by people close to the leader and by the president of the Republic himself, Gustavo Petro. Vargas Lleras had …
BOGOTA (AP) — Former Colombian Vice President Germán Vargas Lleras, an influential politician who served as a senator, minister, and leader of the Radical Change party, died Friday, his political party confirmed. He was 64.
Former Colombian vice president Germán Vargas Lleras, one of the prominent figures of the country's right, died at the age of 64.
Germán Vargas Lleras, the powerful vice president of Juan Manuel Santos who led an ambitious program of infrastructure and housing construction in Colombia, a hard-handed politician who climbed all the steps of public service until he unsuccessfully sought the Presidency of the Republic, has passed away at age 64. The former vice president had for years had a cancer of which he never revealed more details.
The political leader, born in Bogotá in 1962, held some of the most influential positions in the State and participated in multiple electoral and legislative processes throughout his public career.
Germán Vargas Lleras, Colombia’s former vice president and two-time presidential candidate, has died
Medellín, Colombia – Colombian politician Germán Vargas Lleras died Friday in the capital Bogotá, according to Semana magazine. His death brings an end to a political career spanning more than 30 years, including as a senator, minister, vice president, and two-time presidential candidate. On Monday, Vargas Lleras was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo Cancer Treatment and Research Center in Bogotá. He was la…
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