List of presidents of the Senate of Colombia

The President of the Senate it is the highest-ranking office in the Senate of Colombia and the third highest in political level, surpassed only by the Mayor of Bogotá. The President of the Senate is responsible for presiding over, organizing, and leading debates in the Senate. The Colombian legislature establishes that the four majorities in the Senate will have the right to a one-year presidency, beginning the first year of the four-year term with a member of the party or political coalition to which the president belongs and ending with a member of the majority opposition force in the last year of the corresponding term.

All Senate presidents have belonged to a political party or faction; only two have not completed their one-year presidential term, and three have served two terms respectively.

Presidents of the Senate Name Territory Party Term CongressManuel MosqueraConservativeJuly 20, 1966 – July 20, 1968101st CongressMario VivasLiberalJuly 20, 1968 – July 20, 1969Julio César Turbay AyalaSanta Fe de BogotáJuly 20, 1969 – July 20, 1970Eduardo Abuchaibe ConservativeJuly 20, 1970 – July 20, 1972Hugo EscobarJuly 20, 1972 – July 20, 1974102nd CongressJulio César Turbay AyalaSanta Fe de BogotáLiberalJuly 20, 1974 – July 20, 1975Gustavo BalcázarCauca ValleyJuly 20, 1975 – July 20, 1976Edmundo López CórdobaJuly 20, 1976 – July 20, 1977Gustavo Dajer SucreJuly 20, 1977 – July 20, 1978103rd CongressBernardo GuerraAntioquiaJuly 20, 1978 – July 20, 1979Héctor EcheverriJuly 20, 1979 – July 20, 1980José Ignacio Díaz-Granados MagdalenaJuly 20, 1980 – July 20, 1981Gustavo Dajer SucreJuly 20, 1981 – July 20, 1982104th CongressBernardo GuerraAntioquiaJuly 20, 1982 – July 20, 1983Carlos Holguín SardiCauca ValleyConservativeJuly 20, 1983 – July 20, 1984José Antonio NameAtlánticoLiberalJuly 20, 1984 – July 20, 1985Álvaro Villegas Moreno AntioquiaConservativeJuly 20, 1985 – July 20, 1986105th CongressHumberto PeláezCaucaLiberalJuly 20, 1986 – July 20, 1987Arcízar López Santa Fe de BogotáJuly 20, 1987 – July 20, 1989Luis Guillermo Giraldo CaldasJuly 20, 1989 – July 20, 1990Aurelio IragorriCaucaJuly 20, 1990 – July 20, 19911st CongressJosé Blackburn July 20, 1992 – February 6, 1993Tito RuedaBogotá, D.C.February 6 – July 20, 1993Jorge Ramón Elías CórdobaJuly 20, 1993 – July 20, 1994Juan Guillermo Ángel RisaraldaJuly 20, 1994 – July 20, 19952nd CongressJulio César GuerraSucreJuly 20, 1995 – July 20, 1996Luis Fernando LondoñoBogotá, D.C.July 20, 1996 – July 20, 1997Almikar AcostaLa GuajiraJuly 20, 1997 – July 20, 1998Fabio Valencia CossioAntioquiaConservativeJuly 20, 1998 – July 20, 19993rd CongressMiguel Pinedo VidalLa GuajiraLiberalJuly 20, 1999 – July 20, 2000Mario Uribe EscobarAntioquiaJuly 20, 2000 – July 20, 2001Carlos Armando García TolimaJuly 20, 2001 – July 20, 2002Luis Alfredo Ramos BoteroAntioquiaTeam ColombiaJuly 20, 2002 – July 20, 20034th CongressGermán Vargas LlerasBogotá, D.C.Radical ChangeJuly 20, 2003 – July 20, 2004Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo TolimaConservativeJuly 20, 2004 – July 20, 2005Claudia BlumCauca ValleyRadical ChangeJuly 20, 2005 – July 20, 2006Dilian Francisca ToroUnionistJuly 20, 2006 – July 20, 20075th CongressNancy Patricia GutiérrezCundinamarcaRadical ChangeJuly 20, 2007 – July 20, 2008Hernán Francisco AndradeHuilaConservativeJuly 20, 2008 – July 20, 2009Javier Enrique CáceresBolívarRadical ChangeJuly 20, 2009 – July 20, 2010Armando Benedetti AtlánticoUnionistJuly 20, 2010 – July 20, 20116th CongressJuan Manuel CorzoNorth SantanderConservativeJuly 20, 2011 – July 20, 2012Roy BarrerasCauca ValleyUnionistJuly 20, 2012 – July 20, 2013Juan Fernando CristoNorth SantanderLiberalJuly 20, 2013 – July 20, 2014José David NameAtlánticoUnionistJuly 20, 2014 – July 20, 20157th CongressLuis Fernando VelascoCaucaLiberalJuly 20, 2015 – July 20, 2016Mauricio LizcanoAntioquiaUnionistJuly 20, 2016 – July 20, 2017Efraín CepedaAtlánticoConservativeJuly 20, 2017 – July 20, 2018Ernesto Macías TovarHuilaDemocratic CenterJuly 20, 2018 – July 20, 2019 8th CongressLidio GarcíaBolívarLiberalJuly 20, 2019 – July 20, 2020Arturo CharAtlánticoRadical ChangeJuly 20, 2020 – July 20, 2021Juan Diego GómezBolívarConservativeJuly 20, 2021 – July 20, 2022Roy BarrerasCauca ValleyBroad Democratic AllianceJuly 20, 2022 – May 4, 20239th CongressAlexander López MayaAlternative Democratic PoleJune 6, 2023 – July 20, 2023Iván NameAtlánticoGreen AllianceJuly 20, 2023 – July 20, 2024Efraín CepedaConservativeJuly 20, 2024 – July 20, 2025Lidio GarcíaBolívarLiberalJuly 20, 2025 – July 20, 2026Honorio HenríquezMagdalenaDemocratic CenterJuly 20, 2026 – Incumbent10th Congress

See also List of presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia List of vice presidents of Colombia List of presidents of Colombia List of viceroys of New Granada

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