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Presidency of the Republic of Colombia

  • Spanish: Presidencia de la República

Governs Colombia

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  • (set by law; may still move) General election · President of the Republic

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What it can do

  • Head of state, head of government and supreme administrative authority

    The President is Chief of State, head of government and supreme administrative authority (Constitution Art. 115).

  • Appoints and dismisses ministers; directs foreign relations and the armed forces

    Freely appoints and removes ministers and agency heads, directs international relations and treaty-making, and is supreme commander of the armed forces (Constitution Art. 189, nos. 1-3).

  • Declares states of exception

    May declare states of war, internal commotion and economic, social and ecological emergency, subject to Constitutional Court review (Constitution Arts. 212-215).

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  • Head of state, head of government and supreme administrative authority constituteproject.org · checked
  • Appoints and dismisses ministers; directs foreign relations and the armed forces constituteproject.org · checked
  • Declares states of exception constituteproject.org · checked
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  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution of 1991 with amendments through 2015 (English), read 2026-10-12: Arts. 112, 114, 115, 150, 171, 176, 189-190, 202, 208, 234-235, 239, 241 for the structure, selection and competences of the presidency, cabinet, Congress and high courts. Seat counts for the 2026-2030 Congress also from Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian parliamentary election (en.wikipedia.org), read 2026-10-12. Authority websites from the bodies themselves. For: Presidency of the Republic of Colombia
  • constituteproject.org · checked Spanish official names of the Colombian bodies and offices as used in the Constitution of 1991 and the bodies own sites, read 2026-10-12. Cabinet name Consejo de Ministros is marked unofficial (the Constitution calls it Gobierno Nacional). For: Presidency of the Republic of Colombia in Spanish
  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution 1991 as amended to 2015 (English), read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Head of state, head of government and supreme administrative authority, Appoints and dismisses ministers; directs foreign relations and the armed forces, Declares states of exception
  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution 1991 as amended to 2015, read 2026-10-12: selection method and seats of this office (Arts. 112, 171, 176, 189, 190, 202, 231, 239). Seat totals for 2026-2030 (Senate 100+2+1, Chamber 161+2+1+1+1+16+1) from Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian parliamentary election, read 2026-10-12, cross-checked with CNE declaration of the Senate (El Universal, 2026-07-14). Court sizes (9 and 23) from Law 270 of 1996, not re-read this run. For: President of the Republic, Vice President of the Republic
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian presidential election, read 2026-10-12: De la Espriella won the 21 June 2026 run-off (49.66%) and Restrepo is Vice President; took office 7 August 2026 (Council of Ministers of Colombia page). Fallback: Wikipedia, because Registraduria results were not read this run. For: Abelardo de la Espriella as President of the Republic, José Manuel Restrepo as Vice President of the Republic
  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitution Art. 190 (four-year term, run-off three weeks later), read 2026-10-12; date follows the last-Sunday-of-May (presidential) and second-Sunday-of-March (Congress) pattern of 2018-2026 (Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian presidential election and parliamentary election, read 2026-10-12). Not yet scheduled by the Registraduria, hence date_confirmed=false. For: General election, May 26, 2030

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