The president of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia is the president of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. The office was first established in 1882 by Article II, Section 2, of the Cúcuta Constitution. The president is the political and parliamentary leader of the Chamber and is simultaneously the president of the body, the de facto leader of the majority party or political coalition of the body and the administrative head of the institution. Presidents also perform various administrative and procedural functions, in addition to representing their own district in Congress. He occupies fourteenth place in the order of precedence, he is fourteenth behind the President of the Council of State, and ahead of the President of the Superior Council of the Judiciary.
The Chamber elects a new speaker by roll call vote when it meets for the first time after a presidential election, for its one-year term, or when a presidents dies, resigns, or is removed from office during the term. To elect a president, a majority of the votes cast is needed. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, roll call voting is repeated until a president is elected. The Constitution requires that the president be a sitting member of the Chamber, although until now all presidents have been. Since the re-incorporation of the office in 1979, in total, 43 people, from 20 departments, have served as presidents of the Chamber.
List
edit| Congress | Term | Name | Party | District[a] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | July 20, 1979 – July 20, 1980 |
Adalberto Ovalle | Liberal | Cesar | |
| July 20, 1980 – July 20, 1981 |
Hernando Turbay | Conservative | Caquetá | ||
| 1st | July 20, 1981 – July 20, 1982 |
Aurelio Iragorri | Liberal | Cauca | |
| July 20, 1982 – July 20, 1983 |
Hernando Gómez | Conservative | Boyacá | ||
| July 20, 1983 – July 20, 1984 |
César Gaviria | Liberal | Risaralda | ||
| July 20, 1984 – July 20, 1985 |
Daniel Mazuera | Conservative | Cundinamarca | ||
| 2nd | July 20, 1985 – July 20, 1986 |
Miguel Pineda Vidal | Radical Change | Magdalena | |
| July 20, 1986 – July 20, 1987 |
Román Gómez Ovalle | Conservative | La Guajira | ||
| July 20, 1987 – July 20, 1989 |
Francisco Jattin | Liberal | Córdoba | ||
| July 20, 1989 – July 20, 1990 |
Norberto Morales | Conservative | Santander | ||
| 3rd | July 20, 1990 – July 20, 1991 |
Hernán Berdugo | Liberal | Atlántico | |
| July 20, 1992 – July 20, 1993 |
César Pérez | Conservative | Antioquia | ||
| July 20, 1993 – July 20, 1994 |
Francisco Jattin | Liberal | Córdoba | ||
| July 20, 1994 – July 20, 1995 |
Álvaro Benedetti | Conservative | Bolívar | ||
| 4th | July 20, 1995 – July 20, 1996 |
Rodrigo Rivera Salazar | Liberal | Risaralda | |
| July 20, 1996 – July 20, 1997 |
Giovanni Lamboglia | Conservative | Atlántico | ||
| July 20, 1997 – July 20, 1998 |
Carlos Ardila Ballesteros | Liberal | Santander | ||
| July 20, 1998 – July 20, 1999 |
Emilio Martínez | Conservative | Tolima | ||
| 5th | May 12, 1999 – July 20, 1999 |
Armando Pomarico | Liberal | Magdalena | |
| July 20, 1999 – July 20, 2000 |
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez | Liberal | Cundinamarca | ||
| July 20, 2000 – July 20, 2001 |
Basilio Villamizar | Liberal | North Santander | ||
| July 20, 2001 – July 20, 2002 |
Guillermo Gaviria | Conservative | Antioquia | ||
| 6th | July 20, 2002 – July 20, 2003 |
William Vélez | Liberal | Antioquia | |
| July 20, 2003 – July 20, 2004 |
Alonso Acosta | Conservative | Atlántico | ||
| July 20, 2004 – July 20, 2005 |
Zulema Jattin | Liberal | Córdoba | ||
| July 20, 2005 – July 20, 2006 |
Julio Gallardo Archbold | Conservative | San Andrés and Providence | ||
| 7th | July 20, 2006 – July 20, 2007 |
Alfredo Cuello Baute | Conservative | Cesar | |
| July 20, 2007 – July 20, 2008 |
Óscar Arboleda Palacio | Conservative | Antioquia | ||
| July 20, 2008 – July 20, 2009 |
Germán Varón Cotrino | Radical Change | Bogotá, D.C. | ||
| July 20, 2009 – July 20, 2010 |
Édgar Gómez Román | Liberal | Santander | ||
| 8th | July 20, 2010 – July 20, 2011 |
Carlos Alberto Zuluaga | Conservative | Antoquia | |
| July 20, 2011 – July 20, 2012 |
Simón Gaviria Muñoz | Liberal | Bogotá, D.C. | ||
| July 20, 2012 – July 20, 2013 |
Augusto Posada | Unionist | Antoquia | ||
| July 20, 2013 – July 20, 2014 |
Hernán Penagos Giraldo | Unionist | Caldas | ||
| 9th | July 20, 2014 – July 20, 2015 |
Fabio Amín | Liberal | Córdoba | |
| July 20, 2015 – July 20, 2016 |
Alfredo Deluque | Unionist | La Guajira | ||
| July 20, 2016 – July 20, 2017 |
Miguel Ángel Pinto | Liberal | Santander | ||
| July 20, 2017 – July 20, 2018 |
Rodrigo Lara Restrepo | Radical Change | Bogotá, D.C. | ||
| 10th | July 20, 2018 – July 20, 2019 |
Alejandro Chacón[1] | Democratic Centre | North Santander | |
| July 20, 2019 – July 20, 2020 |
Carlos Cuenca[1] | Radical Change | Guainía | ||
| July 20, 2020 – July 20, 2021 |
Germán Blanco Álvarez[1] | Conservative | Antioquia | ||
| July 20, 2021 – July 20, 2022 |
Jennifer Arias[1] | Democratic Centre | Meta | ||
| 11th | July 20, 2022 – July 20, 2023 |
David Racero[1] | Humane Colombia | Bogotá, D.C. | |
| July 20, 2023 – July 20, 2024 |
Andrés Calle[1] | Liberal | Córdoba | ||
| July 20, 2024 – Incumbent |
Jaime Salamanca[1] | Green Alliance | Boyacá | ||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The district listed is the district the speaker represented at the time they were in office, which may be different in different Congresses due to redistricting.