Senate of Colombia

Senate of Colombia Senado de Colombia
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
President of the Senate	Juan Manuel Corzo Román, (C) since July 20, 2010
First Vice President of the Senate	Antonio Guerra de la Espriella, (CЯ) since July 20, 2010
Second Vice President of the Senate	Alexander López Maya, (PDA) since July 20, 2010
Members	102
Political groups	28 (U), 22 (C), 17 (L), 9 (PIN), 8 (PDA), 8 (CЯ), 5 (V), 3 (MIRA), 1 (ASI), 1 (AICO)
Meeting place
Senate Chamber National Capitol Bogotá, D.C. Colombia
Website
senado.gov.co

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The Senate of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. The Senate has 102 members elected for concurrent (non-rotating) four-year terms.

Election process

According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991, 100 senators (senadores) are elected from a single national candidate list. The remaining two are elected from a special list set aside for Indigenous peoples communities and Afro-Colombian minorities. Senators can be elected by Colombian citizens abroad.

Requirements

To be a senator, a person must be a natural-born Colombian citizen who has attained the age of 30 years at the moment of election.

Exclusive powers of the Senate

1. Approve or reject the resignations of both the President and the Vice-President.
2. Approve or reject all military rank promotion at all grades.
3. Grant leaves of absence for the President in cases other than sickness, and determine whether the reasons for the leave are worthy.
4. Allow for the transit of foreign troops through Colombian territory.
5. Authorize the Government to declare war on a foreign nation.
6. Elect the Constitutional Court justices.
7. Elect the Attorney General.

Current senators and political parties

The present composition of the Senate of the Republic of Colombia was elected in 2010.

Partido	Senador
Partido Social de Unidad Nacional (U)	Juan Lozano Ramírez Dilian Francisca Toro José David Name Efraín Torrado Roy Barreras Armando Benedetti Piedad Zuccardi Bernardo Miguel Elías Germán Darío Hoyos Mauricio Lizcano Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe Musa Besayle Maritza Martínez Jaime Alonso Zuluaga Carlos Enrique Soto Karime Mota y Morad Manuel Guillermo Mora Manuel Enríquez Rosero Jorge Eduardo Géchem Milton Rodríguez Sarmiento Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza Carlos Roberto Ferro Plinio Olano Claudia Wilches Martín Morales Diz Fuad Rapag Matar Jorge Ballesteros Eduardo Carlos Merlano
Partido Conservador Colombiano (C)	Olga Suárez Mira Liliana Rendón Roldán Myriam Alicia Paredes Roberto Gerlein Hernán Andrade Iván Clavijo Efraín Cepeda Carlos Ramiro Chávarro Luis Emilio Sierra Nora García Burgos Juan Manuel Corzo Román Fernando Tamayo Tamayo Eduardo Enríquez Maya Juan Mario Laserna Jorge Hernando Pedraza Germán Villegas José Darío Salazar Juan de Jesús Córdoba Samy Merheg César Tulio Delgado Gabriel Zapata Carlos Barriga
Partido Liberal Colombiano (L)	Arleth Casado de López Juan Manuel Galán Piedad Córdoba Rodrigo Villalba Mosquera Eugenio Prieto Soto Honorio Galvis Édgar Gómez Román Jaime Durán Barrera Álvaro Ashton Jesús Ignacio García Camilo Sánchez Ortega Juan Fernando Cristo Amparo Arbeláez Guillermo Santos Marín Luis Fernando Velasco Edinson Delgado Guillermo García Realpe
Partido de Integración Nacional (PIN)	Juan Carlos Rizzetto Héctor Julio Alfonso Carlos Arturo Quintero Hemel Hurtado Manuel Mazenet Antonio Correa Teresita García Romero Mauricio Aguilar Édgar Espíndola
Partido Cambio Radical (CR)	Javier Cáceres Leal Fuad Char Daira Galvis Bernabé Celis Antonio Guerra de la Espriella Juan Carlos Restrepo José Francisco Herrera Carlos Fernando Motoa
Polo Democrático Alternativo PDA	Jorge Enrique Robledo Castillo Iván Moreno Rojas Luis Carlos Avellaneda Camilo Ernesto Romero Mauricio Ospina Alexander López Maya Jorge Eliécer Guevara Gloria Inés Ramírez
Partido Verde	Gilma Jiménez Jorge Eduardo Londoño Félix Valera John Sudarsky Iván Name
Movimiento MIRA	Alexandra Moreno Piraquive Manuel Virgüez Piraquive Carlos Alberto Baena
Alianza Social Indígena (ASI) (circunscripción indígena)	Marco Avirama
Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia (AICO) (circunscripción indígena)	Germán Carlosama

Latest election

e • d Summary of the 12 March 2006 Senate of Colombia election results

Parties	%	Seats
Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U)	17.49	20
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano)	16.13	18
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano)	15.52	18
Radical Change (Cambio Radical)	13.36	15
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo)	9.74	10
Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana)	6.25	7
Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia)	4.68	5
Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demócratica)	2.85	3
Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira)	2.35	2
Living Colombia Movement (Movimiento Colombia Viva)	2.46	2
Let the Moreno play movement (Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno)	1.50	0
C4	0.88	0
Visionaries with Antanas Mockus (Visionarios con Antanas Mockus)	0.77	0
Comunitarian Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Comunitaria)	0.56	0
Communal and Comunitarian Movement of Colombia (Movimiento Comunal y Comunitario de Colombia)	0.42	0
Colombia Unite Movement (Movimiento Únete Colombia)	0.17	0
Independent Conservatism (Conservatismo Independiente)	0.14	0
National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática Nacional)	0.08	0
Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista)	0.09	0
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena)		2
Total valid votes (turnout 40.54%)		102
Sources: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil, Caracol Radio

e • d 2006 elections to the 2 seats reserved for Indigenous in the Senate of Colombia

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena)	ASI	44,557	28.27	1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia)	AICO	21,304	13.52	1
Total (turnout %)
Source: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil. Note: As the blank vote percentage was 58.21% (more than 50%), this special election must be repeated, with the same parties but different candidates [1]

Previous election

e • d Summary of the 10 March 2002 Parliament of Colombia election results

Parties		Chamber		Senate
		%	Seats	%	Seats
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano)	PL	31.3	54	30.6	28
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano)	PCC	11.0	21	10.0	13
Radical Change (Cambio Radical)	CR	3.8	7	2.5	2
Coalition (Coalición)	C	2.8	11	6.3	6
Team Colombia (Equipo Colombia)	MEC	2.3	4	3.3	3
Civic People's Convergence (Convergencia Popular Cívica)	CPC	2.2	4	1.0	1
Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal)	AL	2.0	5
United People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido)	MPU	1.5	2	2.0	2
National Salvation Movement (Movimiento de Salvación Nacional)	MSN	1.4	2	0.9	1
Colombia Allways (Colombia Siempre)	CS	1.3	3	2.9	2
People's Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Popular)	MPP	1.3	2
Renovation Movement Labour Action (Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral)	MORAL	1.1	2	1.7	2
National Movement (Movimiento Nacional)	MN	1.1	1	4.8	6
People's Will Movement (Movimiento Voluntad Popular)	MVP	1.1	2	0.7	1
Progressive Force (Fuerza Progresista)	FP	1.0	2	1.1	1
Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana)	CC	1.0	2	1.0	1
Alterning Road (Vía Alterna)	VA	0.9	1
Social and Political Front (Frente Social y Politico)	FSP	0.8	2	1.5	1
Democratic Progressivity (Progresismo Democrático)	MPD	0.8	2	0.5	1
Republican Movement (Movimiento Republicano)	MR	0.7	1
Independent Conservatism (Conservatismo Independiente)	MCI	0.7	1
National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática Nacional)	RDN	0.5	1
Community Participation (Participación Comununidad)	PC	0.6	1
Civic Purpose Colombia (Cívico Seriedad Colombia)	CSC	0.5	1
Regional Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Regional)	MIR	0.5	2
Christian National Party (Partido Nacional Cristiano])	PNC	0.4	1	0.5	1
New Democratic Force (Nueva Fuerza Democrático)	NFD	0.3	1	1.4	1
Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista)	MNP	0.3	1	0.9	1
New Liberalism (Nuevo Liberalismo)	NL	.	2	1.0	2
People's Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Popular)	MIPOL	.	2	3.0	4
Unionist Movement (Movimiento Unionista)	MU	.	2	0.9	1
Moral and Social Vanguard Party Let's Go Golombia (Partido Vanguardia Moral y Social Vamos Colombia)	VC	.	1	0.8	1
Huella Citizens's Movement (Movimiento Huella Ciudadana)	MHC	.	2	0.7	1
Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (Movimiento Politico Comunal y Comunidad Colombiano)	MPCCC	.	2	0.7	0
Democratic Unity Party (Partido Unidad Democrática)	PUD	.	1	0.6	1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia)	AICO	.	1	0.5	1
Colombian Social Democratic Party (Partido Socialdemócrata Colombiano)	PSDC	.	1	1.2	1
Colombian People's Party (Partido Popular ColombianO)	PPC	.	1
Colombia Unite (Unete Colombia)	MUC	.	1
National People's Alliance (Alianza Nacional Popular)	Anapo			1.4	1
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (Movimiento Alianza Social Indigena'as)	MASI			1.2	1
Alternative of Social Progress (Alternativa de Avanzada Social)	ALAS			0.9	1
Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno	MDJM			0.8	1
Independent Absolute Renovation Movement (Movimiento Independiente Renovación Absolut)	MIRA			0.8	1
Political Movement for Social Security (Movimento Politico por la Seguridad Social)	MPSS			0.8	1
We are Colombia (Somos Colombia)	SC			0.8	1
Christians for Community (Cristiano por la Comunidad)	C4			0.7	1
Yes Colombia (Si Colombia)	SC			0.6	1
Citizens' Movement (Moviemento Ciudadano)	MC			0.6	1
Front of Hope (Frente de Esperanza)	FE			0.5	1
Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement (Movimiento Obrero Independiente Revolucionario )	MOIR			0.5	1
Independent Civic Movement (Movimiento Cívico Independiente)	MCI			0.5	1
Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya (Movimiento Politico Ciudadanos por Bocaya)	MPCB			0.5	1
Other parties			1		2
Total (turnout 42.4%)
Source: Source: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil

See also

• List of Presidents of the Senate of Colombia

External links

• Senate of Colombia official website
• Congreso Visible - civilian oversight program
• Democracia a distancia - oversight program for Colombian expatriates

Coordinates: 4°35′51″N 74°04′35″W / 4.5975°N 74.07639°W / 4.5975; -74.07639