General Commander of the Military Forces (Colombia)

The General Commander of the Military Forces is the professional head of the Military Forces of Colombia. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Colombian military. The current commander is General Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez.

General Commander of the Military Forces
Comandante General de las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia
The tri-service badge
Incumbent
Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez
since 10 December 2018
Ministry of National Defense
Reports toMinister of National Defense
AppointerThe President
WebsiteOfficial website

List of Chiefs
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
No. Picture NameTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchRef
1
Pinilla, GustavoGeneral
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
(1900–1975)		19501 June 19510–1 years Colombian National Army.
2
Gaitán, RéguloGeneral
Régulo Gaitán		1 June 195131 May 19531 year Colombian National Army.
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Pinilla, GustavoGeneral
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
(1900–1975)		31 May 1953June 19530 years Colombian National Army.
20
Zuniga, HernandoGeneral
Hernando Camilo Zuniga		?11 March 1996? Colombian National Army.
21
Delgado, HoldanAdmiral
Holdan Delgado		11 March 199619960 years Colombian National Navy[1]
22
Zuniga, HernandoGeneral
Harold Bedoya Pizarro
(1938–2017)		199624 July 19970–1 years Colombian National Army.
23
Mora, JorgeGeneral
Jorge Enrique Mora
(born 1945)		200220041–2 years Colombian National Army[2]
24
Ovalle, CarlosGeneral
Carlos Ospina Ovalle
(born 1947)		200415 August 20061–2 years Colombian National Army.
25
León, FreddyGeneral
Freddy Padilla de León
(born 1948)		15 August 20066 August 20103 years, 356 days Colombian National Army[3]
26
Cely, EdgarAdmiral
Edgar Cely
(born 1952)		6 August 20109 September 20111 year, 34 days Colombian National Navy[4]
27
Navas, AlejandroGeneral
Alejandro Navas
(born 1956)		9 September 201112 August 20131 year, 337 days Colombian National Army.
28
Barrero, LeonardoGeneral
Leonardo Barrero
(born 1960)		12 August 201318 February 2014190 days Colombian National Army.
29
Barragán, JuanGeneral
Juan Pablo Rodríguez Barragán
(born 1959)		18 February 20144 December 20173 years, 289 days Colombian National Army[5]
30
Ferrero, AlbertoGeneral
Alberto José Mejía Ferrero
(born 1963)		4 December 201714 December 20181 year, 10 days Colombian National Army.
31
Jiménez, LuisGeneral
Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez
(born 1960)		14 December 2018Incumbent2 years, 53 days Colombian National Army[6]

References
  1. Ramírez, María Clemencia (2011). Between the Guerrillas and the State: The Cocalero Movement, Citizenship, and Identity in the Colombian Amazon. Duke University Press. p. 140. ISBN 9780822350156. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. Amat, Yamid (26 September 2015). "El acuerdo tiene el aval de todos los militares". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193010/https://www.ejercito.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=188140
  4. "Almirante Édgar Cely, nuevo Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares". ajacartagena.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  5. Monrroy, Juan Carlos (18 February 2014). "El general Juan Pablo Rodríguez es el nuevo comandante de las Fuerzas Militares". elcolombiano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. "General Navarro assumes his position as Commander of the Military Forces". cgfm.mil.co. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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