List of current members of the Senate of Colombia
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This is a list of the current members of the Senate of Colombia for the 2022–2026 legislative period. Their term runs from 20 July 2022 to 19 July 2026.
The 9th Congress of the Republic of Colombia represents the legislative branch of the Republic of Colombia, it is bicameral comprising the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives, which meet in the country's capital of Bogotá. The Congress is composed of 108 senators and 187 representatives.
Article 144 of the Colombian Constitution of 1991 establishes the Congress to be the highest representative power in the Legislative body of the nation. According to this Article, the duties of this Congress include reforming the Constitution, writing and developing new laws, and enforcing political control upon the Government and its administration.
2022 Colombian parliamentary election
{{Main|2022 Colombian parliamentary election}}
The most recent parliamentary elections in Colombia were held on 13 March 2022, where 289 members of the congress were elected.{{Cite web |title=Elections: Colombia House of Representatives 2022 |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3756/ |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=IFES Election Guide}}
Leadership
{{Main|President of the Senate of Colombia}}
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 on {{nowrap|20 July}} of each calendar year.{{cite web|title=Mesa Directiva|url=http://www.senado.gov.co/el-senado/mesa-directiva|publisher=Colombia, Senate|accessdate=22 June 2013|location=Bogotá|language=Spanish}} The current leadership will end their tenure on {{nowrap|19 July 2023}}.{{cite news |title=Así quedó la mesa directiva del Senado|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/politica/congreso/senado-conozca-como-quedo-conformada-la-mesa-directiva-688788|newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish |date=21 July 2022 |access-date=6 September 2022}}
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!Office!!Officer!!Party |
President of the Senate
| Roy Barreras |
First Vice President
| Miguel Ángel Pinto |
Second Vice President |
Senate of the Republic of Colombia
{{main article|Senate of Colombia}}
The elected 108 members of the Senate were distributed by party as per the following list. As per Organic Law 1921 of 2018, the runner-up for the final Presidential election is given an automatic seat into the Senate and its running mate into the Chamber of Representatives:{{cite web|title=Ley 1921 de 2018|url=https://dapre.presidencia.gov.co/normativa/normativa/LEY_1921_DEL_18_DE_JULIO_DE_2018.pdf|publisher=Colombia, Presidency|language=Spanish|date=18 July 2018 |access-date=6 September 2022}}
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|+ ! colspan="4" |Senate of Colombia |
Parties or Coalitions
!Total votes !% !Seats |
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colspan="4" |National List |
Historic Pact for Colombia
|2,800,730 |17.35 |20 |
Partido Conservador Colombiano
|2,223,061 |14.18 |15 |
Partido Liberal Colombiano
|2,100,083 |13.39 |14 |
Hope Center Coalition/ 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 |
colspan="4" |Indigenous List |
Movimiento Alternativo Indígena Social (MAIS)
|85,795 |25.09 |1 |
Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia
|61,913 |18.10 |1 |
colspan="4" |Status as Presidential Opposition |
colspan="3" |Presidential Runner-up
|1 |
colspan="3" |Total seats
|108 |
colspan="4" |Sourceː [https://www.cne.gov.co/prensa/comunicados-oficiales/676-cne-declaro-eleccion-de-senado-de-la-republica Consejo Nacional Electoral] |
= Party lists =
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!Party or Coalition ! colspan="2" |# !Photo !Titular !Commission |
rowspan="20" | File:Pacto Histórico Logo Oficial.png Pacto Histórico (PH) | rowspan="20" bgcolor="#990099" | | 1 | | President of the Third Commission{{Cite news |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/07/27/asi-quedaron-compuestas-las-comisiones-del-senado/ |title=Así quedaron compuestas las comisiones del Senado |trans-title=How the State Commissions Were Composed |newspaper=Infobae |language=es |date=2022-07-26 |access-date=2022-10-06}} |
2
| 50px | María José Pizarro Rodríguez | First |
3
| 50px | First |
4
| 50px | Aída Yolanda Avella Esquivel | Fourth |
5
| 50px | Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre | First |
6
| 50px | Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyú | Seventh |
7
| 50px | Second |
8
| 50px | Seventh |
9
| | Pedro Hernando Flórez Porras | Sixth |
10
| 50px | Isabel Cristina Zuleta López | Vice-president of the Fifth Commission{{Cite news |url=https://www.radionacional.co/actualidad/politica/como-quedaron-conformadas-las-mesas-directivas-y-las-comisiones-del-senado |title=Tres de las siete comisiones del Senado serán lideradas por el Pacto Histórico |trans-title=Three of the Seven Senate Commissions Will be Led by the Historic Pact |publisher=Radio Nacional de Colombia |language=es |date=2022-07-27 |access-date=2022-10-06}} |
11
| 50px | Alex Xavier Flórez Hernandez | Sixth |
12
| 50px | Third |
13
| 50px | Robert Daza Guevara | Sixth |
14
| 50px | Yuly Esmeralda Hernández Silva | Fifth |
15
| 50px | {{ill|Wilson Arias|es|lt=Wilson Neber Arias Castillo}} | Fourth |
16
| 50px | Gloria Inés Flórez Schneider | President of the Second Commission |
17
| 50px | {{ill|César Pachón|es|lt=César Augusto Pachón Achury}} | Fifth |
18
| 50px | Sandra Yaneth Jaimes Cruz | Vice-president of the Sixth Commission |
19
| 50px | Paulino Riascos Riascos | President of the Fourth Commission |
20
| 50px | Second |
rowspan="15" | File:Bandera del Partido Conservador Colombiano.svg Partido Conservador Colombiano (PC) | rowspan="15" bgcolor="Navy" | | 1 | 50px | Seventh |
2
| 50px | {{ill|Carlos Andrés Trujillo|es|lt=Carlos Andrés Trujillo González}} | President of the Sixth Commission |
3
| 50px | Fifth |
4
| 50px | Third |
5
| | {{ill|Liliana Bittar Castilla|es|lt=Liliana Esther Bittar Castilla}} | President of the Third Commission |
6
| 50px | {{ill|Óscar Barreto Quiroga|es}} | First |
7
| | Diela Liliana Benavides Solarte | Fourth |
8
| | Óscar Mauricio Giraldo Hernández | Second |
9
| 50px | Nicolás Albeiro Echeverry Alvarán | Second |
10
| 50px | Fourth |
11
| | Germán Alcides Blanco Álvarez | First |
12
| | Juan Carlos García Gómez | First |
13
| 50px | José Alfredo Marín Lozano | Seventh |
14
| 50px | {{ill|Miguel Ángel Barreto|es|lt=Miguel Ángel Barreto Castillo}} | Fifth |
15
| 50px | Sixth |
rowspan="14" | File:Bandera del Partido Liberal Colombiano.svg Partido Liberal Colombiano (L) | rowspan="14" bgcolor="#ad1805" | | 1 | 50px | {{ill|Lidio García Turbay|es|lt=Lidio Arturo García Turbay}} | Second |
2
| 50px | Third |
3
| | {{ill|Karina Espinosa|es|lt=Karina Espinosa Oliver}} | Third |
4
| | {{ill|Alejandro Carlos Chacón|es|lt=Alejandro Carlos Chacón Camargo}} | First |
5
| 50px | President of the First Commission |
6
| 50px | Miguel Ángel Pinto Hernández | Seventh |
7
| | Claudia María Pérez Giraldo | Fourth |
8
| | Alejandro Alberto Vega Pérez | First |
9
| | Juan Diego Echavarría Sánchez | Third |
10
| 50px | {{ill|Jaime Durán Barrera|es|lt=Jaime Enrique Durán Barrera}} | Fifth |
11
| 50px | John Jairo Roldán Avendaño | Fourth |
12
| 50px | Third |
13
| 50px | Mario Alberto Castaño Pérez | Arrested and divested. Outcomes on the seat to be defined. |
14
| | Laura Esther Fortich Sánchez | Vice-president of the Fourth Commission |
rowspan="13" |File:Alianza Verde (Colombia).svgCoalición Alianza Verde-ASI
| rowspan="13" bgcolor="#008000" | | 1 | | {{ill|Jota Pe Hernández|es|lt=Jonathan Ferney Pulido Hernández}} | First |
2
| 50px | Humberto de la Calle Lombana | First |
3
| 50px | {{ill|Ariel Ávila|es|Ariel Fernando Ávila Martínez}} | First |
4
| 50px | Angélica Lisbeth Lozano Correa | Fourth |
5
| 50px | {{ill|Inti Asprilla|es|Inti Raúl Asprilla Reyes}} | President of the Fifth Commission |
6
| | Jairo Alberto Castellanos Serrano | Third |
7
| 50px | Ana Carolina Espitia Pérez | Third |
8
| 50px | Guido Echeverri Piedrahita | Sixth |
9
| 50px | Andrea Padilla Villarraga | Fifth |
10
| | Edwing Fabián Díaz Plata | Vice-president of the Seventh Commission |
11
| | Gustavo Adolfo Moreno Hurtado | Sixth |
12
| 50px | Sor Berenice Bedoya Pérez | Seventh |
13
| 50px | Second |
rowspan="13" |File:Logo-centro-democratico.jpgCentro Democrático (CD) | rowspan="13" bgcolor="#00aef3" | | 1 | 50px | {{ill|Miguel Uribe Turbay|es}} | Third |
2
| 50px | First |
3
| | {{ill|Josué Alirio Barrera|es|Josué Alirio Barrera Rodríguez}} | Seventh |
4
| | Andrés Felipe Guerra Hoyos | Fifth |
5
| | Esteban Quintero Cardona | Sixth |
6
| 50px | {{ill|Paola Holguín|es|lt=Paola Andrea Holguín Moreno}} | Second |
7
| 50px | Paloma Susana Valencia Laserna | First |
8
| | Enrique Cabrales Baquero | Fourth |
9
| | Carlos Manuel Mesiel Vergara | Fourth |
10
| 50px | {{ill|Ciro Alejandro Ramírez|es|lt=Ciro Alejandro Ramírez Cortés}} | Third |
11
| | José Vicente Carreño Castro | Second |
12
| 50px | Seventh |
13
| | Yenny Esperanza Rozo Zambrano | Fifth |
rowspan="11" |File:Cambio Radical logo.svgCambio Radical (CR) | rowspan="11" bgcolor="Gray" | | 1 | 50px | First |
2
| 50px | Third |
3
| 50px | Antonio Luis Zabaraín Guevara | Third |
4
| | Carlos Abraham Jiménez López | Fourth |
5
| | Edgar Jesús Díaz Contreras | Fifth |
6
| | Carlos Mario Farelo Daza | Fourth |
7
| | Jorge Enrique Benedetti Martelo | First |
8
| | Sixth |
9
| 50px | {{ill|Carlos Fernando Motoa|es|lt=Carlos Fernando Motoa Solarte}} | First |
10
| | José Luis Pérez Oyuela | Second |
11
| 50px | Didier Lobo Chinchilla | Fifth |
rowspan="10" |File:Logo Partido U Colombia.pngPartido de la U (U) | rowspan="10" bgcolor="#ff6600" | | 1 | | Juan Carlos Garcés Rojas | Third |
2
| | Jhon Moisés Besaile Fayad | Fourth |
3
| | {{ill|Norma Hurtado|es|Norma Hurtado Sánchez}} | President of the Seventh Commission |
4
| 50px | Fifth |
5
| | {{ill|Juan Felipe Lemos|es|lt=Juan Felipe Lemos Uribe}} | Fourth |
6
| | Julio Elías Chagüi Florez | Sixth |
7
| 50px | Alfredo Rafael Deluque Zuleta | First |
8
| | Brener León Zambrano Eraso | First |
9
| 50px | {{ill|José Alfredo Gnecco Zuleta|es}} | Third |
10
| 50px | {{ill|Antonio Correa Jiménez|es|lt=Antonio José Correa Jiménez}} | Second |
rowspan="5" |File:ComunesColombia.pngComunes(FR)
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="Red" | | 1 | 50px | {{ill|Julián Gallo Cubillos|es}} | First |
2
| 50px | Sixth |
3
| 50px | Pablo Catatumbo Torres Victoria | Fifth |
4
| 50px | Third |
5
| 50px | {{ill|Omar de Jesús Restrepo|es|lt=Omar de Jesús Restrepo Correa}} | Seventh |
rowspan="4" |File:Logo Partido MIRA.svg File:COLOMBIA JUSTA Libres.svg {{ill|Nos Une Colombia|es}} (Colombia Justa Libres MIRA) | rowspan="4" bgcolor="Lightblue" | | 1 | | Beatriz Lorena Ríos Cuéllar | Seventh |
2
| 50px | Carlos Eduardo Guevara Villabón | Sixth |
3
| 50px | Seventh |
4
| 50px | Manuel Antonio Virgüez Piraquive | Second |
rowspan="1" |File:LogoMais1.png{{ill|Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social|es}} (MAIS) (Indigenous seat) | bgcolor="Olive" | | 1 | 50px | Vice-president of the First Commission |
rowspan="1" |73x73px Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia (AICO) (Indigenous Seat) | bgcolor="Olive" | | 1 | 50px | Polivio Leandro Rosales Cadena | Seventh |
rowspan="1"| File:Logo of the League of Anti-Corruption Governors.svgLiga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción (Presidential runner-up seat) | bgcolor="Yellow" | | 1 | 50px | First |