legislative branch
Presidente del Senado
Máxima autoridad directiva del Senado de la República. Agrupa: 'Presidente del honorable Senado de la República', 'Presidente del H. Senado', 'Presidenta del Senado', y variantes con nombres propios o encargado/(E).
431 officeholders·1 in an acting capacity·9,374 statutes signed·1844–2026
Who held it
By constitutional era: each polity that has governed this territory had its own succession. Colombia, as a Republic, dates from 1886.
Republic of Colombia
1886 – present- 1888–1893J. A. Pardo114 statutes→
- 1888J. A. Ortiz D1 statute→
- 1890–1917No. 10 and 15Jorge Holguín Mallarino113 statutes→
- 1890J. F. Insignares S12 statutes→
- 1890José Joáquin Ortiz12 statutes→
- 1890–1894Adolfo Harker11 statutes→
- 1890Leonardo Canal4 statutes→
- 1890Santiago Mackay4 statutes→
- 1890Juan M Dávila1 statute→
- 1890H. Holguin1 statute→
- 1892No. 1José María Campo Serrano30 statutes→
- 1892–1896Miguel Guerrero S19 statutes→
- 1892–1909Francisco Groot15 statutes→
- 1892José Domingo Ospina C12 statutes→
- 1892–1896Primitivo Vergara Crespo7 statutes→
- 1892Juan B Perez Y Soto5 statutes→
- 1894Antonio Roldán37 statutes→
- 1894Olegarío Rivera11 statutes→
- 1894Luis M Mejia Alvarez2 statutes→
- 1894No. 4Carlos Holguín Mallarino1 statute→
- 1896–1898Rafael M. Palacio74 statutes→
- 1896Belisario Peña31 statutes→
- 1896José Angel Pórras13 statutes→
- 1896–1930Florentino Goenaga10 statutes→
- 1896–1898Alejandro Peña S9 statutes→
- 1896Mariano Tanco8 statutes→
- 1896Aurelio Mutis6 statutes→
- 1896Ignacio Neira6 statutes→
- 1896Fernando Vélez4 statutes→
- 1898–1903Indalecio Saavedra26 statutes→
- 1898Lorenzo Marroquín8 statutes→
- 1898Leopoldo Angulo3 statutes→
- 1898Juan De D Ulloa2 statutes→
- 1898Carlos Calderón R1 statute→
- 1903–1926Marcelino Uribe Arango90 statutes→
- 1903–1904Guillermo Quintero C35 statutes→
- 1903J. M. Uricoechea32 statutes→
- 1903–1904No. 6Miguel Antonio Caro7 statutes→
- 1903Rodolfo Zárate3 statutes→
- 1903Joaquín M Uribe B2 statutes→
- 1904–1914Antonio José Cadavid44 statutes→
- 1904–1915José María González Valencia15 statutes→
- 1904–1922Alfredo Garcés3 statutes→
- 1904–1905Enrique Restrepo Garcia2 statutes→
- 1904Joaquín F Vélez2 statutes→
- 1909–1929Antonio Jóse Uribe120 statutes→
- 1909N. G. Insignares23 statutes→
- 1909–1918Francisco Montaña18 statutes→
- 1909–1920Hernando Holguin Ycaro6 statutes→
- 1909–1933Alfredo Garcia Rueda4 statutes→
- 1911–1913No. 13José Vicente Concha139 statutes→
- 1911–1913P. A. Molina35 statutes→
- 1911–1913Próspero Márquez C10 statutes→
- 1911–1913Jorge E. Delgado2 statutes→
- 1911F. Angulo2 statutes→
- 1912–1941Pedro Juan Navarro69 statutes→
- 1912–1917Pedro Antonio Molina49 statutes→
- 1912–1921Jorge Vélez26 statutes→
- 1912–1914Daniel Carbonell22 statutes→
- 1912Luis A Mesa18 statutes→
- 1912–1914Jose J. De La Roche9 statutes→
- 1913Miguel R Quin5 statutes→
- 1913–1917Germán Del Corral4 statutes→
- 1914–1986José Ignacio Díaz Granados85 statutes→
- 1914–1915Manuel Dávila Flórez73 statutes→
- 1914–1916Maximiliano Neira17 statutes→
- 1914Jose María Ruiz5 statutes→
- 1914L. Segovia1 statute→
- 1915–1919Alejandro García _48 statutes→
- 1915–1936Luis De Greiff27 statutes→
- 1915–1935Fabio Lozano T16 statutes→
- 1915Prósperocarbonell7 statutes→
- 1915Jeremías Cardenas M5 statutes→
- 1915–1916Luciano Herrera4 statutes→
- 1915–1918Pomponío Guzman3 statutes→
- 1916Jorge Roa31 statutes→
- 1916–1918Francisco José Urrutia13 statutes→
- 1916–1920Ricardo Jiménez Jaramillo12 statutes→
- 1916Manuel J. Soto E3 statutes→
- 1916Luis Alejandro Marquez2 statutes→
- 1916Felipe S Escobar1 statute→
- 1917Sixto A. Zerda2 statutes→
- 1917Juan De Dios Galvis2 statutes→
- 1918–1924Ruperto Melo44 statutes→
- 1918–1921José Joaquín Casas25 statutes→
- 1918Benjamin Guerrero15 statutes→
- 1918–1941Pompilio Gutierrez11 statutes→
- 1918–1922Nemesio Camacho Rodríguez9 statutes→
- 1918No. 16Pedro Nel Ospina5 statutes→
- 1918Pedro León Mantilla2 statutes→
- 1918Victoriano Velez1 statute→
- 1918Antonio R Blanco1 statute→
- 1918Luis Suarez Castillo1 statute→
- 1919–1923Arcadio Charry28 statutes→
- 1919–1927Aquilino Gaitan26 statutes→
- 1919–1923Luis Cuervo Márquez25 statutes→
- 1919–1926Miguel Mariano Torralvo22 statutes→
- 1919–1922Florentino Manjarrés18 statutes→
- 1919–1931Camilo Muñoz O13 statutes→
- 1919–1922Silvino Rodríguez4 statutes→
- 1919Salvador Iglesias2 statutes→
- 1919Isaac J Pereira2 statutes→
- 1919Eugenio J Gomez P2 statutes→
- 1920–1921Miguel Arroyo Diez47 statutes→
- 1920–1922Jorge Iriarte8 statutes→
- 1920–1931Pedro Elias Mendoza4 statutes→
- 1920Daniel Zarama2 statutes→
- 1920Tulio Enrique Tascón1 statute→
- 1921–1931Carlos Jaramillo Isaza57 statutes→
- 1921Felix Salazar J11 statutes→
- 1921–1926Faraón Pertuz7 statutes→
- 1921Gabino Hernandez2 statutes→
- 1922Ismael J. Insignares28 statutes→
- 1922Pedro J. Acevedo9 statutes→
- 1922Gerardo Pulecio9 statutes→
- 1922–1931Domingo Irurita5 statutes→
- 1922Luis M Arcila P2 statutes→
- 1922José A. Berti1 statute→
- 1922Félix J Consuegra P1 statute→
- 1923–1928Elíseo Gomez Jurado30 statutes→
- 1923–1931Miguel Jiménez López27 statutes→
- 1923–1934Román Gómez Ovalle17 statutes→
- 1923J. M. Pasos6 statutes→
- 1923–1925Jesús Perilla V5 statutes→
- 1923Bernardino Vargas2 statutes→
- 1923Alberto Camilo Suárez2 statutes→
- 1923Francisco Albán1 statute→
- 1923José María Phillips1 statute→
- 1923Carlos Gartner1 statute→
- 1923Enrique A De La Vega1 statute→
- 1924–1939Alejandro Galvis Galvis62 statutes→
- 1924Luis A Mejia18 statutes→
- 1924Ricardo Tirado Macias13 statutes→
- 1924Esteban Jaramillo12 statutes→
- 1924–1925Juan A. De La Espriella8 statutes→
- 1924–1947Guillermo Salamanca5 statutes→
- 1924Emilio Arias Mejia4 statutes→
- 1924–1925Roberto Leiva M2 statutes→
- 1924Eustorgio López C1 statute→
- 1924José M. Saavedra Galindo1 statute→
- 1925–1927J. A. Gómez Recuero40 statutes→
- 1925Daniel Gutierrez Yarango13 statutes→
- 1925–1926Santiago Sánchez Soto10 statutes→
- 1925–1932Manuel Caicedo Arroyo7 statutes→
- 1925–1926Ignacio Rengifo B7 statutes→
- 1925–1928José Jesús García7 statutes→
- 1925Abel Carbonell2 statutes→
- 1925José M Pinto V1 statute→
- 1925Enrique Palacios M1 statute→
- 1925Ramón Demetrio Moran1 statute→
- 1926Ignacio Moreno E6 statutes→
- 1926Aurelio Carvajalino1 statute→
- 1927–1931Emilio Robledo71 statutes→
- 1927–1945Francisco Jose Chaux12 statutes→
- 1927–1931Tulio Posada M6 statutes→
- 1927–1931Carlos Arango Velez6 statutes→
- 1927–1930Rafael Barberi5 statutes→
- 1927Ricardo Leyva Pereira4 statutes→
- 1927Victor S . Camacho1 statute→
- 1928–1941Luis Ignacio Andrade14 statutes→
- 1928Guillermo Cote Bautista11 statutes→
- 1928Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo8 statutes→
- 1928–1933Gabriel González7 statutes→
- 1928Alberto Casas Castañeda7 statutes→
- 1928–1931J. R. Lanao Loaiza7 statutes→
- 1928Agustín Morales Olaya6 statutes→
- 1928Luis C Iragorri3 statutes→
- 1928–1931Luis Benjamín Martínez3 statutes→
- 1928Rafael Davila2 statutes→
- 1928Pedro A Gomez Naranjo1 statute→
- 1929Elías Sabogal S3 statutes→
- 1929Enrique Franco Pulido3 statutes→
- 1929Jose A Llorente1 statute→
- 1930Ignacio A. Guerrero25 statutes→
- 1930Jesús María Marulanda9 statutes→
- 1930–1931Abel Casabianca8 statutes→
- 1930Arturo Carrera7 statutes→
- 1930Rafael Trujillo Gómez6 statutes→
- 1930Valerio A Hoyos4 statutes→
- 1930Manuel Ocampo3 statutes→
- 1930Rogerio Fernandez2 statutes→
- 1931Jose Ulises Osorio17 statutes→
- 1931–1933Rafael Méndez Arango15 statutes→
- 1931–1932Eduardo Lema V12 statutes→
- 1931Arturo Hernandez C10 statutes→
- 1931–1933Antonio Mauro Giraldo9 statutes→
- 1931–1936Enrique Caicedo C.8 statutes→
- 1931Jose A Escandon7 statutes→
- 1931Juan Saldarriaga4 statutes→
- 1931Manuel F Pabon3 statutes→
- 1931Enrique Sanchez A2 statutes→
- 1931Gonzalo Benavides Guerrero2 statutes→
- 1931Pedro Leon Amaya2 statutes→
- 1931Jose Joaquin Hernandez2 statutes→
- 1931–1934Daniel Peralta2 statutes→
- 1931Bernardo González Bernal1 statute→
- 1931Luis A. Noriega1 statute→
- 1932–1939Gabriel Turbay Marulanda38 statutes→
- 1932Marco A. Auli13 statutes→
- 1932–1943Absalón Fernandez De Soto12 statutes→
- 1932Timoleon Moncada R5 statutes→
- 1932Miguel Gomez Fernandez2 statutes→
- 1932Alejo Solano Manotas2 statutes→
- 1932Clodomiro Forero Vargas2 statutes→
- 1932Francisco Umaña Bernal2 statutes→
- 1933–1941Carlos Tirado Macias58 statutes→
- 1933–1959Darío Echandía17 statutes→
- 1933–1949Max Duque Gomez10 statutes→
- 1933Enrique A Gaviria5 statutes→
- 1933Fabio Gartner4 statutes→
- 1933Francisco Sorzano1 statute→
- 1933Jose M Blanco Nuñez1 statute→
- 1934Anibal Badel3 statutes→
- 1934–1935Federico A Gomez3 statutes→
- 1934No. 24Laureano Gómez Castro3 statutes→
- 1935–1943Parmenio Cardenas116 statutes→
- 1935–1941Rafael Arredondo V25 statutes→
- 1935–1936No. 20Eduardo Santos Montejo16 statutes→
- 1935Carlos M Simmonds6 statutes→
- 1935Emiliano Rey4 statutes→
- 1935Francisco Angulo C2 statutes→
- 1935Alberto Arango Tavera1 statute→
- 1936–1938Jose Joaquin Caicedo Castilla138 statutes→
- 1936Alirio Gómez Picon49 statutes→
- 1936–1945A. Uribe Restrepo16 statutes→
- 1936Benjamín Burbano13 statutes→
- 1936Demetrio Morillo D7 statutes→
- 1936Rodrigo E Vives6 statutes→
- 1936Ricardo Echeverri Ferrer4 statutes→
- 1936Roberto Marulanda3 statutes→
- 1936Laurentino Quintana3 statutes→
- 1936Benjamin Gomez Duque2 statutes→
- 1936Max Llorente2 statutes→
- 1936L. Molano Daza1 statute→
- 1937Jorge Gartner48 statutes→
- 1937Odilio Vargas14 statutes→
- 1937Yezid Melendro12 statutes→
- 1937Tulio Rubiano11 statutes→
- 1937Manuel Del Cristo Pareja8 statutes→
- 1937Belisario Zafra7 statutes→
- 1937Rafael Téllez L6 statutes→
- 1937Alfonso Araújo2 statutes→
- 1938Humberto Gomez Naranjo53 statutes→
- 1938M. Antonio Bravo25 statutes→
- 1938Carlos V. Rey19 statutes→
- 1938Maximiliano Grillo10 statutes→
- 1938S. Socarras Sanchez8 statutes→
- 1938Gustávo Hernandez Rodriguez8 statutes→
- 1938Antonio Maria Gutierrez8 statutes→
- 1938Roberto Londoño C3 statutes→
- 1938Alfonso Suarez De Castro1 statute→
- 1938Cesar Balcazar V1 statute→
- 1939José V Combariza42 statutes→
- 1939–1948Alfonso Romero Aguirre41 statutes→
- 1939Manuel M Granja O19 statutes→
- 1939–1942Miguel Angel Alvarez4 statutes→
- 1939Guillermo Gutierrez Velez2 statutes→
- 1940–1961Francisco Eladio Ramírez68 statutes→
- 1940–1945Rodrigo Peñaranda Yáñez22 statutes→
- 1940Nicolas Llinas Vega15 statutes→
- 1940M. Apraez13 statutes→
- 1940Ismael Porto12 statutes→
- 1940–1946Juan Uribe Cualla7 statutes→
- 1940Marco A Cuellar Carrera1 statute→
- 1941Arcesio Londoño Palacio37 statutes→
- 1941Eustorgio Sarria12 statutes→
- 1941Demetrio Martinez Porras3 statutes→
- 1941José De La Vega1 statute→
- 1942–1943Alvaro Díaz S37 statutes→
- 1942–1947Jorge Eliécer Gaitán14 statutes→
- 1942Edmundo Vargas R11 statutes→
- 1942S. M. Alcala5 statutes→
- 1942Carlos Uribe5 statutes→
- 1942Hernando Sawdzky2 statutes→
- 1943Pedro Castro Monsalvo15 statutes→
- 1943José María Bernal9 statutes→
- 1943Jose Name3 statutes→
- 1943Alfonso Lara H3 statutes→
- 1943J. De La C. Romero D1 statute→
- 1944Gilberto Moreno T85 statutes→
- 1944Camilo Mejia Duque16 statutes→
- 1945Eduardo Fernandez Botero57 statutes→
- 1945Luis Buenahora10 statutes→
- 1945Sady Gonzalez B2 statutes→
- 1945Manuel V Rojas C1 statute→
- 1946–1972Eduardo Abuchaibe Ochoa85 statutes→
- 1946–1947Ricardo Bonilla Gutierrez82 statutes→
- 1946–1949Efraim S Delvalle18 statutes→
- 1946J. Santos Cabrera16 statutes→
- 1946Jose Jaramillo Giraldo7 statutes→
- 1947Alonso Aragon Quintero57 statutes→
- 1947F. De P. Vargas20 statutes→
- 1947Guillermo Tello Rengifo2 statutes→
- 1947Antonio Escobar Camargo2 statutes→
- 1948–1949Antonio J Lemos Guzman93 statutes→
- 1948Carlos A López E26 statutes→
- 1948–1962No. 30Carlos Lleras Restrepo20 statutes→
- 1948Nestor Carlos Consuegra8 statutes→
- 1948–1949Clemente Salazar Movilla4 statutes→
- 1951–1952Gilberto Alzate Avendaño20 statutes→
- 1952–1967Manuel Mosquera Garcés58 statutes→
- 1952José Elías Del Hierro9 statutes→
- 1952Jorge E. Cavelier4 statutes→
- 1952Eduardo Lemaitre Roman1 statute→
- 1952Bernado Gonzalez Bernal1 statute→
- 1952José Maria Villarreal1 statute→
- 1958–1959Diego Tovar Concha57 statutes→
- 1958–1959Diego Luis Cordoba28 statutes→
- 1958Hernando Carrizosa Pardo4 statutes→
- 1958No. 34Belisario Betancur Cuartas4 statutes→
- 1958Domingo Lopez Escauriaza2 statutes→
- 1958Enrique Pardo Parra1 statute→
- 1959Jorge Uribe Márquez90 statutes→
- 1959Jorge Lamus Girón25 statutes→
- 1959Juán Manuel Orozco Fandiño23 statutes→
- 1959–1960Gerardo A Jurado E16 statutes→
- 1959Alberto Montezuma Hurtado9 statutes→
- 1959Álvaro Gomez Hurtado6 statutes→
- 1959Antonio Kuri5 statutes→
- 1959Antonio Navarro3 statutes→
- 1959Osias Lozano Quintana2 statutes→
- 1959Edgaro Manotas Wilches1 statute→
- 1959Guillermo Mora Londoño1 statute→
- 1959Jorge Uribe Pinzo1 statute→
- 1960–1961Germán. Zea71 statutes→
- 1960–1961Gustavo Serrano Gomez45 statutes→
- 1960Jorge Enrique Gutiérrez Anzola20 statutes→
- 1960Alfredo Araujo Grau11 statutes→
- 1960Héctor Moreno Díaz10 statutes→
- 1961–1962Armando L Fuentes89 statutes→
- 1961Juan Antonio Murillo V56 statutes→
- 1961Hernando Sorzano Gonzalez9 statutes→
- 1961Alberto Losada Lara1 statute→
- 1962–1979Jaime Pava Navarro21 statutes→
- 1962Alfredo Riascos Labarces20 statutes→
- 1962Felipe Salazar Santos17 statutes→
- 1962Jaime Angulo Bossa13 statutes→
- 1962Victor Mosquera Chaux8 statutes→
- 1962–1963Cástor Jaramillo Arrubla6 statutes→
- 1962–1963Ricardo Rodriguez Astie6 statutes→
- 1962Humberto Silva Valdivieso5 statutes→
- 1962Luis Torres Quintero5 statutes→
- 1962Alfonso Lara Hernández2 statutes→
- 1963–1964Abdón Espinosa Valderrama52 statutes→
- 1963–1964Dario Marin Vanegas38 statutes→
- 1963–1964Ulpiano Rueda La Rotta35 statutes→
- 1963Jose Mejia Y Mejia18 statutes→
- 1963Gilberto Álvaro Mendoza Ruiz10 statutes→
- 1963Luis Granada Mejia9 statutes→
- 1963Rodrigo Gomez Jaramillo5 statutes→
- 1963Aristides Paz Viera5 statutes→
- 1963Julián Uribe Cadavid5 statutes→
- 1963Hernando Duran Dussán4 statutes→
- 1963Jose Domingo Lievano Perdomo1 statute→
- 1963Antonio Jose Uribe Portocarrero1 statute→
- 1964–1967Eugenio Gómez Gómez140 statutes→
- 1964–1966Guillermo Niño Medina7 statutes→
- 1965–1967Emiliano Guzmán Larrea35 statutes→
- 1967–1968Guillermo Angulo Gómez43 statutes→
- 1967–1968Germán Bula Hoyos29 statutes→
- 1967Saul Pineda5 statutes→
- 1968–1974Hugo Escobar Sierra79 statutes→
- 1968–1969Mario S. Vivas51 statutes→
- 1968Ramiro Andrade Terán1 statute→
- 1969–1975No. 33Julio César Turbay Ayala35 statutes→
- 1969Cornelio Reyes5 statutes→
- 1972–1973Victor Renan Barco13 statutes→
- 1974–1978Edmundo López Gómez86 statutes→
- 1975–1976Gustavo Balcazar Monzon58 statutes→
- 1978–1979Guillermo Plazas Alcid70 statutes→
- 1979–1980Hector Echeverri Correa51 statutes→
- 1979Adalberto Ovalle Muñoz1 statute→
- 1981–1982Gustavo Dájer Chadid60 statutes→
- 1982–1983Bernardo Guerra Serna39 statutes→
- 1982–1983Fabio Lozano Simonelli2 statutes→
- 1983–1984Carlos Holguín Sardi67 statutes→
- 1984–1985José Name Teran97 statutes→
- 1985–1986Alvaro Villegas Moreno116 statutes→
- 1986–1987Humberto Peláez Gutiérrez66 statutes→
- 1986Rogerio Bolanos De Bautista1 statute→
- 1987–1988Pedro Martin Leyes Hernandez67 statutes→
- 1988–1989Ancizar López López93 statutes→
- 1989–1990Luis Guillermo Giraldo Hurtado87 statutes→
- 1990–1991J. Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza50 statutes→
- 1992–1993Tito Edmundo Rueda Guarín33 statutes→
- 1992–1993José Blackburn Cortés19 statutes→
- 1992–1993Carlos Espinosa Faccio-Lince15 statutes→
- 1993–1994Jorge Ramón Elías Náder89 statutes→
- 1994–1999Fabio Valencia Cossio54 statutes→
- 1994–1995Juan Guillermo Angel Mejía42 statutes→
- 1994Elías Matus Torres1 statute→
- 1995–1996Julio César Guerra Tulena88 statutes→
- 1995–1996José Antonio Gómez Hermida7 statutes→
- 1996–1997Luis Fernando Londoño Capurro80 statutes→
- 1997–2003Amylkar Acosta Medina74 statutes→
- 1997Giovanni Lamboglia Mazzilli1 statute→
- 1998–2025Efraín José Cepeda Sarabia175 statutes→
- 1999–2000Miguel Pinedo Vidal78 statutes→
- 1999Ciro Ramírez Pinzón1 statute→
- 2000–2002Mario Uribe Escobar74 statutes→
- 2001–2002Carlos García Orjuela84 statutes→
- 2001Manuel Enríquez Rosero1 statute→
- 2002–2003Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero66 statutes→
- 2003–2005German Vargas Lleras68 statutes→
- 2004–2006Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo80 statutes→
- 2005–2006Claudia Blum De Barberi8 statutes→
- 2006–2008Dilian Francisca Toro Torres9 statutes→
- 2006–2008Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez Castañeda9 statutes→
- 2008–2010Hernán Francisco Andrade Serrano102 statutes→
- 2009–2010Javier Enrique Cáceres Leal49 statutes→
- 2010–2011Armando Alberto Benedetti Villaneda60 statutes→
- 2011–2012Juan Manuel Corzo Román94 statutes→
- 2012–2023Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre122 statutes→
- 2013–2014Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos50 statutes→
- 2014–2015José David Name Cardozo33 statutes→
- 2015–2016Luis Fernando Velasco Chaves39 statutes→
- 2016–2017Oscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango57 statutes→
- 2018–2019Ernesto Macías Tovar55 statutes→
- 2019–2026Lidio Arturo Garcia Turbay78 statutes→
- 2020–2021Arturo Char Chaljub77 statutes→
- 2021–2022Juan Diego Gómez Jiménez90 statutes→
- 2023–2024Iván Leónidas Name Vásquez88 statutes→
- 2023Alexánder López Maya28 statutes→
- 2023–2024María José Pizarro Rodríguez4 statutes→
In an acting capacity
They served temporarily — the incumbent kept the office — so they carry no number in the succession.