Senate of the Republic

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• constituteproject.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 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: Senate of the Republic
• constituteproject.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 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: Senate of the Republic in Spanish
• constituteproject.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution 1991 as amended to 2015 (English), read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Elects Constitutional Court justices and tries the President
• constituteproject.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 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 Senate, Senator
• senado.gov.co · checked Oct 12, 2026 Senado de la Republica, Senadores directory, read 2026-10-12; CNE declaration of 2026-2030 Senate as reported by El Universal 2026-07-14 (https://www.eluniversal.com.co/politica/2026/07/14/cne-confirma-la-lista-oficial-de-los-senadores-para-el-periodo-2026-2030/): members, parties and seat type. Start 2026-07-20 (installation of the new Congress). Fallback for the list label: El Universal, because the Senate site does not give CNE list names. For: Jesús Omero Cuasapud Chaspuengal as Senator, Indigenous special constituency, Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyú as Senator, Indigenous special constituency, Agmeth José Escaf Tijerino as Senator, National constituency, Aída Yolanda Avella Esquivel as Senator, National constituency, Alex Xavier Flórez Hernández as Senator, National constituency and 97 more
• eluniversal.com.co · checked Oct 12, 2026 term.list_name = the CNE list already recorded in term.note (CNE declaration of the 2026-2030 Senate as reported by El Universal 2026-07-14; party in parentheses dropped). Migration 057, ticket 953. For: Agmeth José Escaf Tijerino as Senator, National constituency, Aída Yolanda Avella Esquivel as Senator, National constituency, Alex Xavier Flórez Hernández as Senator, National constituency, Alfredo Rafael Deluque Zuleta as Senator, National constituency, Alix Yirley Vargas Torrado as Senator, National constituency and 94 more
• senado.gov.co · checked Oct 12, 2026 Senado de la República, directorio de senadores, read 2026-10-12: Honorio Miguel Henríquez Pinedo listed as Centro Democrático; El Universal 2026-07-21 also names him as the Centro Democrático candidate elected President of the Senate. Sets party_id on the presiding-officer term to match his Senator term. For: Honorio Miguel Henríquez Pinedo as President of the Senate
• eluniversal.com.co · checked Oct 12, 2026 El Universal, Asi quedaron las mesas directivas en el Senado y la Camara para el 2026-2027, 2026-07-21, read 2026-10-12: presiding officers elected 20 July 2026. Fallback: news report, because the chambers official sites do not list the mesa directiva in static HTML. For: Honorio Miguel Henríquez Pinedo as President of the Senate
• constituteproject.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 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, March 10, 2030