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The supreme law

The 1991 Political Constitution sits at the top of the legal system: every statute is measured against it. Like any living text, it has changed — 59 constitutional amendments (Actos Legislativos) have reformed it since 1991. Here are the Charter, its amendments, and the amendments to earlier constitutions.

Political Constitution · 1991Constitución Política de Colombia380 articles · 116 transitional · read the full text→

Amendments · 59 constitutional amendments

How the 1991 Constitution has changed, from 2025 backwards.

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

Historical constitutional amendments · 71

These did NOT amend the 1991 Constitution. They amended earlier constitutions —mainly that of 1886— from 1905 onward. They are kept as a historical record of Colombian constitutionalism.

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

1930s

1920s

1910s

1900s