The President of the Senate (also president of the congress) is the highest-ranking official of the Senate of Colombia and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing members for speaking duties, and interpreting the rules, practices, and precedents of the Senate. The Constitution of Colombia establishes that the president of the Senate has the authority to cast a decisive vote.
All but two of the Senate presidents have been members of a political party or faction; the number of members of each is:
Presidents of the Senate
edit| Name | Territory | Party | Term | Congress | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Mosquera | Conservative | July 20, 1966 – July 20, 1968 | |||
| Mario Vivas | Liberal | July 20, 1968 – July 20, 1969 | |||
| Julio César Turbay Ayala | Santa Fe de Bogotá | July 20, 1969 – July 20, 1970 | |||
| Eduardo Abuchaibe | Conservative | July 20, 1970 – July 20, 1972 | |||
| Hugo Escobar | July 20, 1972 – July 20, 1974 | ||||
| Julio César Turbay Ayala | Santa Fe de Bogotá | Liberal | July 20, 1974 – July 20, 1975 | ||
| Gustavo Balcázar | Cauca Valley | July 20, 1975 – July 20, 1976 | |||
| Edmundo López | Córdoba | July 20, 1976 – July 20, 1977 | |||
| Gustavo Dajer | Sucre | July 20, 1977 – July 20, 1978 | |||
| Bernardo Guerra | Antioquia | July 20, 1978 – July 20, 1979 | |||
| Héctor Echeverri | July 20, 1979 – July 20, 1980 | ||||
| José Ignacio Díaz-Granados | Magdalena | July 20, 1980 – July 20, 1981 | |||
| Gustavo Dajer | Sucre | July 20, 1981 – July 20, 1982 | |||
| Bernardo Guerra | Antioquia | July 20, 1982 – July 20, 1983 | |||
| Carlos Holguín Sardi | Cauca Valley | Conservative | July 20, 1983 – July 20, 1984 | ||
| José Antonio Name | Atlántico | Liberal | July 20, 1984 – July 20, 1985 | ||
| Álvaro Villegas Moreno | Antioquia | Conservative | July 20, 1985 – July 20, 1986 | ||
| Humberto Peláez | Cauca | Liberal | July 20, 1986 – July 20, 1987 | ||
| Arcízar López | Santa Fe de Bogotá | July 20, 1987 – July 20, 1989 | |||
| Luis Guillermo Giraldo | Caldas | July 20, 1989 – July 20, 1990 | |||
| Aurelio Iragorri | Cauca | July 20, 1990 – July 20, 1991 | |||
| José Blackburn | July 20, 1992 – February 6, 1993 | 1st Congress | |||
| Tito Rueda | Bogotá, D.C. | February 6 – July 20, 1993 | |||
| Jorge Ramón Elías | Córdoba | July 20, 1993 – July 20, 1994 | |||
| Juan Guillermo Ángel | Risaralda | July 20, 1994 – July 20, 1995 | |||
| Julio César Guerra | Sucre | July 20, 1995 – July 20, 1996 | |||
| Luis Fernando Londoño | Bogotá, D.C. | July 20, 1996 – July 20, 1997 | 2nd Congress | ||
| Almikar Acosta | La Guajira | July 20, 1997 – July 20, 1998 | |||
| Fabio Valencia Cossio | Antioquia | Conservative | July 20, 1998 – July 20, 1999 | ||
| Miguel Pinedo Vidal | La Guajira | Liberal | July 20, 1999 – July 20, 2000 | ||
| Mario Uribe Escobar | Antioquia | July 20, 2000 – July 20, 2001 | 3rd Congress | ||
| Carlos Armando García | Tolima | July 20, 2001 – July 20, 2002 | |||
| Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero | Antioquia | Team Colombia | July 20, 2002 – July 20, 2003 | ||
| Germán Vargas Lleras | Bogotá, D.C. | Radical Change | July 20, 2003 – July 20, 2004 | ||
| Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo | Tolima | Conservative | July 20, 2004 – July 20, 2005 | 4th Congress | |
| Claudia Blum | Cauca Valley | Radical Change | July 20, 2005 – July 20, 2006 | ||
| Dilian Francisca Toro | Unionist | July 20, 2006 – July 20, 2007 | |||
| Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez | Cundinamarca | Radical Change | July 20, 2007 – July 20, 2008 | ||
| Hernán Francisco Andrade | Huila | Conservative | July 20, 2008 – July 20, 2009 | 5th Congress | |
| Javier Enrique Cáceres | Bolívar | Radical Change | July 20, 2009 – July 20, 2010 | ||
| Armando Benedetti | Atlántico | Unionist | July 20, 2010 – July 20, 2011 | ||
| Juan Manuel Corzo | North Santander | Conservative | July 20, 2011 – July 20, 2012 | ||
| Roy Barreras | Cauca Valley | Unionist | July 20, 2012 – July 20, 2013 | 6th Congress | |
| Juan Fernando Cristo | North Santander | Liberal | July 20, 2013 – July 20, 2014 | ||
| José David Name | Atlántico | Unionist | July 20, 2014 – July 20, 2015 | ||
| Luis Fernando Velasco | Cauca | Liberal | July 20, 2015 – July 20, 2016 | ||
| Mauricio Lizcano | Antioquia | Unionist | July 20, 2016 – July 20, 2017 | 7th Congress | |
| Efraín Cepeda | Atlántico | Conservative | July 20, 2017 – July 20, 2018 | ||
| Ernesto Macías Tovar[1] | Huila | Democratic Center | July 20, 2018 – July 20, 2019 | ||
| Lidio García Turbay[1] | Bolívar | Liberal | July 20, 2019 – July 20, 2020 | ||
| Arturo Char[1] | Atlántico | Radical Change | July 20, 2020 – July 20, 2021 | 8th Congress | |
| Juan Diego Gómez[1] | Bolívar | Conservative | July 20, 2021 – July 20, 2022 | ||
| Roy Barreras[1] | Cauca Valley | Historic Pact | July 20, 2022 – May 4, 2023 | 9th Congress | |
| Alexander López Maya | Historic Pact | June 6, 2023 – July 20, 2023 | |||
| Iván Name[1] | Atlántico | Green Alliance | July 20, 2023 – July 20, 2024 | ||
| Efraín Cepeda | Conservative | July 20, 2024 – Incumbent | |||