Germán Vargas Lleras

His Excellency

Germán Vargas Lleras
His Excellency; Germán Vargas Lleras
10th Vice President of Colombia
	In office; 7 August 2014 – 21 March 2017
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Angelino Garzón
Succeeded by	Óscar Naranjo
2nd Minister of Housing, City and Territory
	In office; 17 May 2012 – 5 June 2013
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero
Succeeded by	Luis Felipe Henao Cardona
9th Minister of the Interior
	In office; 11 August 2011 – 17 May 2012
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Fernando Londoño
Succeeded by	Federico Renjifo Vélez
5th Minister of the Interior and Justice
	In office; 7 August 2010 – 11 August 2011
President	Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by	Fabio Valencia Cossio
Succeeded by	Himself (Interior); Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero (Justice and Law)
Member of the Colombia Senate
	In office; 20 July 1994 – 3 August 2008
Personal details
Born	19 February 1962; Bogotá, Colombia
Died	8 May 2026 (aged 64); Bogota, Colombia
Political party	Liberal Party (Before 2002); Colombia Always (2002–2006); Radical Change (2006–2017); Mejor Vargas Lleras (2017–2026)
Spouse(s)	Luz María Zapata Zapata (m. 2010; div. 2023)
Children	1
Relatives	Carlos Lleras Restrepo (grandfather)
Alma mater	Del Rosario University; Complutense University
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Website	Official website

Germán Vargas Lleras (Spanish pronunciation: [xeɾˈmam ˈbaɾɣaz ˈʝeɾas]; 19 February 1962 – 8 May 2026) was a Colombian politician. He was Vice President of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón from 2014 until 2017. He unsuccessfully ran for President in the 2018 elections.^[1]

Vargas Lleras died on 8 May 2026 at his home in Bogotá, Colombia from brain cancer at the age of 64.^[2]^[3]

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