9th Congress of Colombia

The Ninth Congress of the Republic of Colombia is the current convocation of the legislative branch of the Republic of Colombia, composed of the Senate of Colombia and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. It meets in Bogotá from 20 July 2022 to 20 July 2026. In total, it is made up of 108 Senators and 187 Representatives.

Article 114 of the Colombian Constitution of 1991 proclaims Congress as the highest representative body of the legislative power. According to article 114, it is up to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia to reform the Constitution, make laws and exercise political control over the government and administration. Currently, the "Legislative Observatory" of the National University of Colombia and the "Visible Congress" program of the University of Los Andes monitor the Congress of the Republic.

2022 parliamentary election
The 2022 Colombian parliamentary election were held on Sunday, 13 March 2022, where the 289 representatives of the House of Representatives and members of the Senate were elected.

Presiding

 * President of the Senate: Iván Name (GA), until July 20, 2023
 * First Vice President of the Senate: María José Pizarro (PH), until July 20, 2023
 * Second Vice President of the Senate: Didier Lobo Chinchilla (CR), until July 20, 2023

Presiding (2022-2023)
(as acting president: May 4 - June 6, 2023)
 * President of the Senate: Roy Barreras (PH), since July 20, 2022 until May 4, 2023
 * President of the Senate: Alexander López Maya (PH), since June 6, 2023 until July 20, 2023
 * First Vice President of the Senate: Miguel Ángel Pinto (L), since July 20, 2022 until July 20, 2023
 * Second Vice President of the Senate: Honorio Henríquez (CD), since July 20, 2022 until July 20, 2023

Seats by political party
The 108 Senators were distributed by party as follows: Senators are elected in a national constituency. The upper house is made up of 108 senators, of which 5 belong to the seats agreed upon in Havana, 2 seats to the special indigenous constituency and one seat for the presidential candidate of the formula that came second in the 2022 Colombian presidential election.

The senators are distributed by mutual agreement in 7 commissions; First Commission that is in charge of constitutional issues, Second Commission of international politics and public force, Third Commission of finance and public credit, Fourth of budget and fiscal control, Fifth of agrarian and environmental sector; Sixth of communications, public services and calamities and Seventh of labor issues.

The order of the following list obeys, if it is an open list, the vote obtained by each senator within his party and in the case of the closed list, the order in which they were ordered by the coalition or party.

Chamber of Representatives
The 187 members of the Chamber of Representatives were distributed by party as follows:

Representatives of the Chamber
After the 2022 Colombian parliamentary election, the Colombian Chamber of Representatives was made up of 187 legislators: 165 elected by regional constituencies (32 departments, Capital District and special constituencies of Colombians residing abroad, Afro-Colombians and indigenous communities), 5 belonging to the seats agreed upon in Havana, 16 belonging to the Special Transitory Circumscriptions of Peace, and one seat for the vice-presidential candidate of the formula that comes second in the Colombian presidential elections of 2022:

Liberal Historic Pact Conservative Party of the U Green Alliance Commons

Amazonas

 * Mónica Bocanegra (L)
 * Yenica Acosta (CD)

Antioquia

 * María Eugenia Lopera (L)
 * Julian Peinado (L)
 * Luis Carlos Ochoa (L)
 * David Alejandro Toro (PH)
 * Susana Gómez (PH)
 * Luz María Múnera (PH)
 * Daniel Restrepo (C)
 * Andrés Felipe Jimenez (C)
 * Luis Miguel Lopéz (C)
 * Hernán Cadavid (CD)
 * Yulieth Sánchez (CD)
 * Óscar Darío Pérez (CD)
 * Juan Fernando Espinal (CD)
 * Elkin Opina (PV)
 * Juan Camilo Londoño (PV)
 * Pedro García (FP)

Arauca

 * German Rozo (L)
 * Lina María Garrido (CR)

Atlantico

 * Jezmi Barraza (L)
 * Dolcey Torres (L)
 * Agmeth Escaf (PH)
 * Antonio Zabaraín D'Arce (C)
 * Gersel Pérez (CR)
 * Modesto Enrique Aguilera (CR)
 * Betsy Pérez Arango (CR)
 * Germán Gómez López (PF)

Bolívar

 * Silvio Carrasquilla (L)
 * Dorina Hérnandez (PH)
 * Yamil Arana (C)
 * Juana Aray Franco (C)
 * Andrés Montes (C)
 * Fernando Niño Mendoza (C)

Boyacá

 * Hector David Chaparro (C)
 * Pedro José Suárez Vacca (PH)
 * Íngrid Sogamoso (C)
 * Eduard Triana Rincón (CD)
 * Wilmer Castellanos (PV)
 * Jaime Salamanca (PV)