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The people behind the power

Every act of public power carries signatures: the president who enacts it, the ministers who countersign it, the presiding officers of Congress who approve it. Here you can browse that full record — statutes and decrees, act by act, across two centuries — and follow each person through the offices from which they signed.

3,395people271,254signatures11,633statutes61,051decrees146offices→

Most frequent signatories

Each branch is ranked against its own: the Government enacts and countersigns; Congress approves.

In the Government

Presidents, ministers and agency heads.

  1. 1Álvaro Uribe Vélez601 statutes · 4,900 decrees→
  2. 2Juan Manuel Santos Calderón571 statutes · 4,379 decrees→
  3. 3Alfonso López Pumarejo750 statutes · 3,376 decrees→
  4. 4César Gaviria Trujillo259 statutes · 3,854 decrees→
  5. 5Miguel Abadía Méndez526 statutes · 2,833 decrees→
  6. 6Carlos Lleras Restrepo615 statutes · 2,682 decrees→
  7. 7Mariano Ospina Pérez415 statutes · 2,878 decrees→
  8. 8Virgilio Barco Vargas393 statutes · 2,684 decrees→

In Congress

Presidents and secretaries of both chambers.

  1. 1Fernando Restrepo Briceño1,701 statutes · 6 decrees→
  2. 2Amaury Guerrero894 statutes · 3 decrees→
  3. 3Gregorio Eljach Pacheco822 statutes · 11 decrees→
  4. 4Rafael Campo A800 statutes · 5 decrees→
  5. 5Jorge Uribe Márquez799 statutes · 1 decree→
  6. 6Emilio Ramón Otero Dajud781 statutes · 8 decrees→
  7. 7Crispín Villazon De Armas749 statutes→
  8. 8Julio D. Portocarrero727 statutes · 4 decrees→

By office

The offices from which acts of state are signed.

Presidents of the Republic

442 people · 69,313 signatures

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Ministers and deputy ministers

1,842 people · 150,719 signatures

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Presidents of Congress

1,022 people · 21,996 signatures

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Secretaries of Congress

689 people · 25,762 signatures

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Directors and heads of state agencies

172 people · 1,724 signatures

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Other offices

162 people · 1,402 signatures

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Directory

Everyone with signed acts of state. Search by name.

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