State or region
Mayor
- Spanish: Alcalde Mayor
Government of Bogotá Capital District · Bogota Capital District
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected by direct popular vote for a four-year term; no immediate re-election (Constitution art. 323). If the office falls vacant more than 18 months before the term ends a new mayor is elected for the remainder; otherwise the President of the Republic appoints one respecting the elected mayor's party or coalition.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Carlos Fernando Galán 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: Mayor
- constituteproject.org · checked Spanish official names of the bodies as used in the Constitution (Gobernación, Asamblea Departamental, Concejo), read 2026-10-12. For: Mayor 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: Carlos Fernando Galán, 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