List of current members of the Senate of Colombia
This is a list of the current members of the Senate of Colombia for the 2018-2022 legislative period; their term will end on 19 July 2022.
Leadership[]
The Board of Directors of the Senate is composed of a President and two Vice Presidents, nominated and elected separately by their peers for a period of one legislative year each, beginning the 20th of July of each calendar year.[1] The current leadership will end their tenure on 19 July 2020.[2]
Office | Officer | Party |
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President of the Senate | Lidio García | Colombian Liberal Party |
First Vice President | Honorio Henríquez | Democratic Center |
Second Vice President | Alexander López | Alternative Democratic Pole |
List[]
Results 11 March 2018 Elections List of current members of the Senate of Colombia | ||||
Party | Total Votes | % | Seats | |
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Democratic Center | 2,513,320 | 16.41 | 19 | |
Radical Change | 2,155,487 | 14.07 | 16 | |
Colombian Conservative Party | 1,927,320 | 12.58 | 14 | |
Colombian Liberal Party | 1,901,933 | 12.42 | 14 | |
Party of the U | 1,853,054 | 12.10 | 14 | |
Green Alliance | 1,317,429 | 8.60 | 9 | |
Alternative Democratic Pole | 736,367 | 4.80 | 5 | |
List of Decency Coalition | 523,286 | 3.41 | 3+1 | |
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 501,489 | 3.27 | 3 | |
432,418 | 2.81 | 3 | ||
72,591 | 0.42 | 1 | ||
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force | 52,532 | 0.34 | 5 | |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 34,957 | 0.23 | 1 | |
Total seats | 108 | |||
Source: National Civil Registry |
Party | Senators |
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Democratic Center |
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Radical Change |
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Colombian Conservative Party |
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Colombian Liberal Party |
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Party of the U |
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Green Alliance |
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Alternative Democratic Pole |
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Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation |
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Common Alternative Revolutionary Force |
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Indigenous Authorities of Colombia |
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Notes
- 1 The seat was originally won by Aída Merlano, but her election was annulled on 16 May 2019 by the Council of State who found evidence of vote-buying.[3] As the person with the next-highest number of votes on the Colombian Conservative Party list, Soledad Tamayo replaced her on 29 May 2019.[4]
- 2 The seat was originally won by Leonidas Gómez, but he resigned his seat on 11 December 2018 in order to run for Governor of Santander Department.[5] As the person with the next-highest number of votes on the Alternative Democratic Pole party list, Wilson Arias replaced him on 26 December 2018.[6]
- 3 Gustavo Petro did not run in the Senate elections, but as the runner-up in the presidential election, he was entitled to a seat in the Senate.[7] He aligned his Colombia Humana party with the List of Decency Coalition.
- 4 The seat was originally won by Iván Márquez, but following the arrest of Jesús Santrich on 9 April 2018, he refused to take up his seat in the Senate,[8] and the Council of State annulled his election on 11 June 2019.[9] As the person with the next-highest number of votes on the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force party list, Israel Zúñiga replaced him on 23 July 2019.[10]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Mesa Directiva" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Senate. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "Los tres que serían elegidos en la Mesa Directiva del Senado". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Por compra de votos anulan la elección de Aída Merlano al Senado". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Exconcejala Soledad Tamayo toma la curul de Aida Merlano en el Senado". El País (in Spanish). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Leonidas Gómez deja el Senado para aspirar a Gobernación de Santander". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Wilson Arias se posesionó como senador". El Espectador (in Spanish). 26 December 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Reinoso Rodríguez, Guillermo (17 June 2018). "Petro, un líder de la oposición en Senado con ocho millones de votos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "'Iván Márquez' no ocupará su curul en el senado el próximo 20 de julio". El Espectador (in Spanish). 25 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Decretan muerte política a Iván Márquez por no posesionarse en Senado". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "¿Quién es el nuevo senador de Farc que reemplaza a Iván Márquez?". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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