State or region
Governor
- Spanish: Gobernador
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected by direct popular vote for a four-year institutional term; no immediate re-election (Constitution art. 303). The governor is head of the departmental administration and the President's agent for public order. Election by atypical vote if the office falls vacant more than 18 months before the term ends.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Henry Gutiérrez Ángel since January 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
Next vote
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitución Política de Colombia 1991 (Constitute Project Spanish text), read 2026-10-12: governor four-year elected term and no immediate re-election (art. 303); assembly 11-31 members (art. 299); 45 Bogotá councillors and mayor (art. 323); cifra repartidora (art. 263). For: Governor
- constituteproject.org · checked Spanish official names of the bodies as used in the Constitution (Gobernación, Asamblea Departamental, Concejo), read 2026-10-12. For: Governor in Spanish
- es.wikipedia.org · checked es.wikipedia, Elecciones regionales de Colombia de 2023, read 2026-10-12: governors and Bogotá mayor elected 2023-10-29. Fallback: Wikipedia (es) results page, because the Registraduría site returned HTTP 403; cross-checked against El Colombiano's list of 32 elected governors. For: Henry Gutiérrez Ángel, current term
- www1.funcionpublica.gov.co · checked Congreso de la República, Ley 163 de 1994 (Diario Oficial 41.523, 1994-09-02), art. 1 "FECHA DE ELECCIONES", via Función Pública Gestor Normativo, read 2026-10-12: governors, mayors, deputies and councillors are elected on the last Sunday of October. For: General election, October 31, 2027
- elpais.com.co · checked El País Cali, Elecciones de 2027: fechas clave, read 2026-10-12: regional elections scheduled 2027-10-31, terms end 2027-12-31; Vanguardia 2026-10-08 says Registraduría has not confirmed the calendar. Fallback: press, because no official calendar published yet. For: General election, October 31, 2027