List of Surviving Presidents
There are currently five surviving presidents of Colombia. The most recent to die was Alfonso Lopez Michelsen (1974-78) on 11 July 2007. The most recent serving to die was Carlos Lemos Simmonds (1998) on July 30, 2003.
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