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Ilustración de un hemiciclo constituyente vacío al atardecer, con la bandera de Colombia, un ejemplar cerrado de la Constitución y una vela apagada sobre un escritorio
Ilustración alusiva a la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente de 1991. · Imagen generada por EPM

Antonio Navarro Wolff, from Peace Process to 1991 Constitution

Antonio Navarro Wolff died on November 1, 2026, at 78, at 2:42 in the afternoon, according to his family.

--- The context --- Antonio Navarro Wolff joined two moments in Colombia's recent history: the end of the armed struggle of the April 19 Movement and the opening that followed its demobilization in 1990. His name became linked to the possibility of moving from conflict to public deliberation. Born in Pasto on July 9, 1948 and trained as an engineer, he was one of the M-19's leading commanders before taking part in that movement's reincorporation into political life. --- The facts --- According to his family, he died on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 78, at 2:42 in the afternoon. The family statement says: “Con profundo recogimiento y dolor, le informamos a sus amigos, amigas y a todas y todos los colombianos que nuestro amado Antonio Navarro Wolff falleció a las 2:42 de la tarde de hoy, primero de noviembre”. The source does not state the cause of death, and it should not be asserted. After the National Constituent Assembly of 1991, he served as mayor of Pasto, governor of Nariño, House representative and senator of the Republic. --- The positions --- The only documented position is that of his family, which expressed grief, thanked the expressions of solidarity and asked that the family's tranquility be respected. It also stated: “Queremos disponer la despedida de Antonio en la intimidad de nuestra familia”, and asked public and private media to respect that privacy. --- What remains unknown --- Funeral arrangements are not yet defined. The family said it will announce tomorrow the moment for his final journey and will provide the information, so no date or time has been announced. There are no further details on the circumstances of his death. --- Unanswered questions --- When will the family announce the moment of the final journey? How will the privacy requested for the farewell be respected? What place will his role in the 1991 Constituent Assembly hold in the historical balance of his career? --- EPM analysis --- His weight lies in having embodied a transition: from guerrilla commander to a central figure in the 1991 Constituent Assembly, which drafted a new Constitution, sharing responsibilities with Horacio Serpa Uribe and Álvaro Gómez Hurtado. His later career as mayor, governor, House member and senator sustained that reincorporation over time and made him a figure of the democratic transformations of the nineties. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the death of Antonio Navarro Wolff closes the life of a leader whose greatest lesson was showing that laying down arms and taking up public words can change a country's course. His role in the Constituent Assembly of 1991 and in elected office leaves a testimony of reincorporation that Colombia should preserve with historical rigor, without idealization and without erasing the complexity of his origins. Honoring that memory requires, above all, respecting the intimate mourning his family has requested today.
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