General Commander of the Military Forces
Comandante General de las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia
Incumbent Francisco Cubides since 4 July 2024
Ministry of National Defense
Reports to	Minister of National Defense
Nominator	President
Appointer	President
Website	Official website

Thegeneral commander of the Military Forces is the professional head of theMilitary Forces of Colombia. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Colombian military. The current commander is GeneralHelder Giraldo Bonilla [es].

This list isincomplete; you can help byadding missing items.(January 2020)

No.	Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
1		Pinilla, GustavoGeneral Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900–1975)	1950	1 June 1951	0–1 years	Colombian National Army	.
2		Gaitán, RéguloGeneral Régulo Gaitán	1 June 1951	31 May 1953	1 year	Colombian National Army	.
(1)		Pinilla, GustavoGeneral Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900–1975)	31 May 1953	June 1953	0 years	Colombian National Army	.
20		Zuniga, HernandoGeneral Hernando Camilo Zuniga	?	11 March 1996	?	Colombian National Army	.
21		Delgado, HoldanAdmiral Holdan Delgado	11 March 1996	1996	0 years	Colombian National Navy	[1]
22		Zuniga, HernandoGeneral Harold Bedoya Pizarro (1938–2017)	1996	24 July 1997	0–1 years	Colombian National Army	.
23		Mora, JorgeGeneral Jorge Enrique Mora [es] (born 1945)	2002	2004	1–2 years	Colombian National Army	[2]
24		Ovalle, CarlosGeneral Carlos Ospina Ovalle [es] (born 1947)	2004	15 August 2006	1–2 years	Colombian National Army	.
25		León, FreddyGeneral Freddy Padilla de León (born 1948)	15 August 2006	6 August 2010	3 years, 356 days	Colombian National Army	[3]
26		Cely, EdgarAdmiral Edgar Cely [es] (born 1952)	6 August 2010	9 September 2011	1 year, 34 days	Colombian National Navy	[4]
27		Navas, AlejandroGeneral Alejandro Navas [es] (born 1956)	9 September 2011	12 August 2013	1 year, 337 days	Colombian National Army	.
28		Barrero, LeonardoGeneral Leonardo Barrero [es] (born 1960)	12 August 2013	18 February 2014	190 days	Colombian National Army	.
29		Barragán, JuanGeneral Juan Pablo Rodríguez Barragán (born 1959)	18 February 2014	4 December 2017	3 years, 289 days	Colombian National Army	[5]
30		Ferrero, AlbertoGeneral Alberto José Mejía Ferrero (born 1963)	4 December 2017	14 December 2018	1 year, 10 days	Colombian National Army	.
31		Jiménez, LuisGeneral Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez (born 1960)	14 December 2018	26 August 2022	3 years, 255 days	Colombian National Army	[6]
32		Giraldo, HelderMajor General Helder Giraldo (born 1955)	12 August 2022	9 July 2024	2 years, 25 days	Colombian National Army	[7][8]
33		Cubides, FranciscoAdmiral Francisco Cubides (born 1966)	9 July 2024		1 year, 74 days	Colombian National Navy	[9][10]

• Military of Colombia
• Chiefs of defence

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