(CNN) -- Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized at the Clinica Shaio cardiac center early Monday, two days after taking office, hospital spokesman Diego Cruz said.
No information on his condition was immediately available, the spokesman said.
Garzon arrived at the hospital around 6 to 6:30 a.m., Cruz said. Clinica Shaio is located in Bogota, the nation's capital.
Garzon, 63, was sworn into office Saturday as vice president for new President Juan Manuel Santos.
He is a former governor, member of the Colombian congress, ambassador and Cabinet secretary. He is also a former member of the Colombian Communist Party Executive Committee, his official biography says. CNN
