President of the Senate of Colombia

President of the Senate of Colombia
President of the Senate of Colombia
	Incumbent; Efraín Cepeda; since July 20, 2024
	Senate of Colombia
Style	Mr. President; (when presiding); The Honorable; (formal);
Seat	Senate chamber, National Capitol, Bogotá
Appointer	Senate of Colombia
Term length	At the pleasure of the Senate, and until another is elected or their term of office as a Senator expires
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Colombia
Formation	March 4, 1789
First holder	Francisco Antonio Zea as president of the Congress of Angostura
Deputy	First Vice President; Second Vice President of the Senate
Salary	US$193,400 per annum
Website	www.senate.gov

The President of the Senate of Colombia (Spanish: Presidente del Senado de la República de Colombia) is the leader of the Senate and the Congress of the Republic of Colombia. The Presidency of Congress is assumed by the person elected as President of the Senate of Colombia by members of the Senate in an election held every year on July 20. The President of the Senate serves a term of one year without a chance for reelection in which they also assumes the presidency of Congress.^[1] The current President of Congress is Efraín Cepeda since July 20, 2024.

Functions

The President of Congress presides over general debates and also delegates duties to other members of Congress of the same political party. Aside from duties relating to heading Congress and the majority political party or coalition, the president also performs administrative and procedural functions, and remains the Representative of the congressional representation.

Among the president's other functions are leading the Administrative Directorate of Congress with the assistance of two Vice Presidents of Congress, a Secretary General and other staff to organize the internal functioning of the senate.^[2]

References

^ (in Spanish) Senate of Colombia: President Archived 2009-10-15 at archive.today
^ (in Spanish) Directorate Chamber of representatives of Colombia Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links

(in Spanish) Congress of Colombia
(in Spanish) Senate of Colombia
(in Spanish) Law 5, 1992

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[1] (in Spanish) Senate of Colombia: President Archived 2009-10-15 at archive.today

[2] (in Spanish) Directorate Chamber of representatives of Colombia Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

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