9th Congress of Colombia
The Ninth Congress of the Republic of Colombia is the current convocation of the legislative branch of the Republic of Colombia, composed of the Senate of Colombia and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. It meets in Bogotá from 20 July 2022 to 20 July 2026. In total, it is made up of 108 Senators and 187 Representatives.
Article 114 of the Colombian Constitution of 1991 proclaims Congress as the highest representative body of the legislative power. According to article 114, it is up to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia to reform the Constitution, make laws and exercise political control over the government and administration. Currently, the "Legislative Observatory" of the National University of Colombia and the "Visible Congress" program of the University of Los Andes monitor the Congress of the Republic.
2022 parliamentary election
[edit]The 2022 Colombian parliamentary election were held on Sunday, 13 March 2022, where the 289 representatives of the House of Representatives and members of the Senate were elected.
Leadership
[edit]Senate leadership
[edit]Presiding
[edit]- President of the Senate: Efraín Cepeda (C), until July 20, 2025
- First Vice President of the Senate: Jhon Jairo Roldán (L), until July 20, 2025
- Second Vice President of the Senate: Alirio Barrera (DC), until July 20, 2025
Presiding (2022-2023)
[edit]- President of the Senate: Roy Barreras (PH), since July 20, 2022 until May 4, 2023[1]
- President of the Senate: Alexander López Maya (PH), since June 6, 2023 until July 20, 2023
- First Vice President of the Senate: Miguel Ángel Pinto (L), since July 20, 2022 until July 20, 2023
(as acting president: May 4 - June 6, 2023) - Second Vice President of the Senate: Honorio Henríquez (CD), since July 20, 2022 until July 20, 2023
Presiding (2023-2024)
[edit]- President of the Senate: Iván Name (GA), since July 20, 2024 until July 20, 2024[2]
- First Vice President of the Senate: María José Pizarro (PH), since July 20, 2023 until July 20, 2024
- Second Vice President of the Senate: Didier Lobo Chinchilla (CR), since July 20, 2023 until July 20, 2024
Senate
[edit]Seats by political party
[edit]The 108 Senators were distributed by party as follows:
| Senate of Colombia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party or movement | Total votes | % | Seats |
| National constituency | |||
| Pacto Histórico | 2 800 730 | 17,35 | 20 |
| Partido Conservador Colombiano | 2 223 061 | 14,18 | 15 |
| Partido Liberal Colombiano | 2 100 083 | 13,39 | 14 |
| Coalición Centro Esperanza/ Alianza Verde | 1 954 792 | 12,28 | 13 |
| Centro Democrático | 1 917 153 | 12,08 | 13 |
| Partido Cambio Radical | 1 610 651 | 10,22 | 11 |
| Partido de la U | 1 508 031 | 9,63 | 10 |
| Comunes | 24 862 | 0,19 | 5 |
| Coalición MIRA / Colombia Justa Libres | 578 195 | 3,64 | 4 |
| Indigenous constituency | |||
| Movimiento Alternativo Indígena Social | 85 795 | 25,09 | 1 |
| Movimiento Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia | 61 913 | 18,10 | 1 |
| Opposition Statute | |||
| Second place presidential election | 1 | ||
| Total escaños | 108 | ||
| Source: Consejo Nacional Electoral | |||
Senators are elected in a national constituency. The upper house is made up of 108 senators, of which 5 belong to the seats agreed upon in Havana, 2 seats to the special indigenous constituency and one seat for the presidential candidate of the formula that came second in the 2022 Colombian presidential election.
The senators are distributed by mutual agreement in 7 commissions; First Commission that is in charge of constitutional issues, Second Commission of international politics and public force, Third Commission of finance and public credit, Fourth of budget and fiscal control, Fifth of agrarian and environmental sector; Sixth of communications, public services and calamities and Seventh of labor issues.[3][4]
The order of the following list obeys, if it is an open list, the vote obtained by each senator within his party and in the case of the closed list, the order in which they were ordered by the coalition or party.[5]
Chamber of Representatives
[edit]The 187 members of the Chamber of Representatives were distributed by party as follows:
Representatives of the Chamber
[edit]After the 2022 Colombian parliamentary election, the Colombian Chamber of Representatives was made up of 187 legislators: 165 elected by regional constituencies (32 departments, Capital District and special constituencies of Colombians residing abroad, Afro-Colombians and indigenous communities), 5 belonging to the seats agreed upon in Havana, 16 belonging to the Special Transitory Circumscriptions of Peace, and one seat for the vice-presidential candidate of the formula that comes second in the Colombian presidential elections of 2022:
▌ Liberal ▌ Historic Pact ▌ Conservative ▌ Party of the U ▌ Green Alliance ▌ Commons
- ▌ Mónica Bocanegra (L)
- ▌ Yenica Acosta (CD)
- ▌ María Eugenia Lopera (L)
- ▌ Julian Peinado (L)
- ▌ Luis Carlos Ochoa (L)
- ▌ David Alejandro Toro (PH)
- ▌ Susana Gómez (PH)
- ▌ Luz María Múnera (PH)
- ▌ Daniel Restrepo (C)
- ▌ Andrés Felipe Jimenez (C)
- ▌ Luis Miguel Lopéz (C)
- ▌ Hernán Cadavid (CD)
- ▌ Yulieth Sánchez (CD)
- ▌ Óscar Darío Pérez (CD)
- ▌ Juan Fernando Espinal (CD)
- ▌ Elkin Opina (PV)
- ▌ Juan Camilo Londoño (PV)
- ▌ Pedro García (FP)
- ▌ German Rozo (L)
- ▌ Lina María Garrido (CR)
- ▌ Jezmi Barraza (L)
- ▌ Dolcey Torres (L)
- ▌ Agmeth Escaf (PH)
- ▌ Antonio Zabaraín D'Arce (C)
- ▌ Gersel Pérez (CR)
- ▌ Modesto Enrique Aguilera (CR)
- ▌ Betsy Pérez Arango (CR)
- ▌ Germán Gómez López (PF)
- ▌ Silvio Carrasquilla (L)
- ▌ Dorina Hérnandez (PH)
- ▌ Yamil Arana (C)
- ▌ Juana Aray Franco (C)
- ▌ Andrés Montes (C)
- ▌ Fernando Niño Mendoza (C)
- ▌ Hector David Chaparro (C)
- ▌ Pedro José Suárez Vacca (PH)
- ▌ Íngrid Sogamoso (C)
- ▌ Eduard Triana Rincón (CD)
- ▌ Wilmer Castellanos (PV)
- ▌ Jaime Salamanca (PV)
| Department | Representative | Party or coalition | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazonas | Mónica Karina Bocanegra Pantoja | Liberal Party | 1 | ||
| Antioquia | María Eugenia Lopera Monsalve | Liberal Party | 2 | ||
| Julián Peinado Ramírez | Liberal Party | 3 | |||
| Luis Carlos Ochoa Tobón | Liberal Party | 4 | |||
| Arauca | Germán Rogelio Rozo Anis | Liberal Party | 5 | ||
| Atlántico | Jezmi Lizeth Barraza Arraut | Liberal Party | 6 | ||
| Dolcey Óscar Torres Romero | Liberal Party | 7 | |||
| Bogotá | Juan Carlos Lozada Vargas | Liberal Party | 8 | ||
| Bolívar | Silvio José Carrasquilla Torres | Liberal Party | 9 | ||
| Boyacá | Héctor David Chaparro Chaparro | Liberal Party | 10 | ||
| Caldas | José Octavio Cardona León | Liberal Party | 11 | ||
| Caquetá | Gilma Díaz Arias | Liberal Party | 12 | ||
| Casanare | Hugo Alfonso Archila Suárez | Liberal Party | 13 | ||
| Cauca | Cesar Cristian Gómez Castro | Liberal Party | 14 | ||
| Chocó | Jhoany Carlos Alberto Palacios Mosquera | Liberal Party | 15 | ||
| Córdoba | Andrés David Calle Aguas | Liberal Party | 16 | ||
| Cundinamarca | Óscar Hernán Sánchez León | Liberal Party | 17 | ||
| Guaviare | Alexander Harley Bermúdez Lasso | Liberal Party | 18 | ||
| Huila | Flora Perdomo Andrade | Liberal Party | 19 | ||
| Magdalena | Kelyn Johana González Duarte | Liberal Party | 20 | ||
| Norte de Santander | Wilmer Yesid Guerrero Avendaño | Liberal Party | 21 | ||
| Putumayo | Carlos Adolfo Ardila Espinosa | Liberal Party | 22 | ||
| Quindío | Piedad Correal Rubiano | Liberal Party | 23 | ||
| Sandra Bibiana Aristizábal Saleg | Liberal Party | 24 | |||
| Risaralda | Diego Patiño Amariles | Liberal Party | 25 | ||
| Aníbal Gustavo Hoyos Franco | Liberal Party | 26 | |||
| San Andrés y Providencia | Elizabeth Jay-Pang Díaz | Liberal Party | 27 | ||
| Santander | Álvaro Leonel Rueda Caballero | Liberal Party | 28 | ||
| Sucre | Karyme Adrana Cotes Martínez | Liberal Party | 29 | ||
| Tolima | Olga Beatriz González Correa | Liberal Party | 30 | ||
| Valle del Cauca | Álvaro Henry Monedero Rivera | Liberal Party | 31 | ||
| Leonardo de Jesús Gallego Arroyave | Liberal Party | 32 | |||
| Antioquia | David Alejandro Toro Ramírez | Historic Pact | 1 | ||
| Susana Gómez Castaño | Historic Pact | 2 | |||
| Luz María Múnera | Historic Pact | 3 | |||
| Atlántico | Agmeth José Escaf Tijerino | Historic Pact | 4 | ||
| Bogotá | David Ricardo Racero Mayorca | Historic Pact | 5 | President of the Chamber from 2022 to 2023 | |
| María Fernanda Carrascal Rojas | Historic Pact | 6 | |||
| Gabriel Becerra Yáñez | Historic Pact | 7 | |||
| Etna Támara Argote Calderón | Historic Pact | 8 | |||
| Alirio Uribe Muñoz | Historic Pact | 9 | |||
| María del Mar Pizarro García | Historic Pact | 10 | |||
| Heráclito Landinez Suárez | Historic Pact | 11 | |||
| Bolívar | Dorina Hernández Palomino | Historic Pact (SPS) | 12 | ||
| Boyacá | Pedro José Suárez Vacca | Historic Pact | 13 | ||
| Cauca | Jorge Hernán Bastidas Rosero | Historic Pact | 14 | ||
| Ermes Evelio Pete Vivas | Historic Pact | 15 | |||
| Cundinamarca | Eduard Giovanny Sarmiento Hidalgo | Historic Pact | 16 | ||
| Leider Alexandra Vásquez Ochoa | Historic Pact | 17 | |||
| Exterior | Carmen Felisa Ramírez Boscán | Historic Pact (CH) | 18 | ||
| Huila | Leyla Marleny Rincón Trujillo | Historic Pact | 19 | ||
| Meta | Gabriel Ernesto Parrado Durán | Historic Pact | 20 | ||
| Nariño | Erick Adrián Velasco Burbano | Historic Pact | 21 | ||
| Putumayo | Jorge Andrés Cancimance López | Historic Pact (CH) | 22 | ||
| Santander | Mary Anne Andrea Perdomo Gutiérrez | Historic Pact | 23 | ||
| Valle del Cauca | José Alberto Tejada Echeverri | Historic Pact | 24 | ||
| Gloria Elena Arizabaleta Corral | Historic Pact | 25 | |||
| Cristóbal Caicedo Angulo | Historic Pact | 26 | |||
| Jorge Alejandro Ocampo Giraldo | Historic Pact | 27 | |||
| Alfredo Mondragón Garzón | Historic Pact | 28 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Así queda la mesa directiva del Senado para el primer periodo legislativo". elespectador.com. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
- ^ "Senado de la Republica-Mesa Directiva". secretariasenado.gov.co. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Así quedaron compuestas las comisiones del Senado". 2022.
- ^ "Tres de las siete comisiones del Senado serán lideradas por el Pacto Histórico". Radio Nacional de Colombia. 2022.
- ^ "Senado". 14 March 2022.[permanent dead link]