Senate (Colombia)

**Senado de Colombia**
Basic data
Seat:	Capitolio Nacional de Colombia , Bogotá
Legislative period :	4 years
MPs:	108
Current legislative period
Last choice:	May 24, 2018
Chair:	President of the House of ; Ernesto Macías Tovar ( Centro Democrático )
Distribution of seats:	Government (53) CD 19; PSUN 14; PCC 14; MIRA 3; CJL 3; Independent (30) CR 16; PLC 14; Opposition (25) AV 9; PDA 5; FARC 5; Decentes 4; CORN 1; AICO 1;
	Website
	www.senado.gov.co

Senado de la República de Colombia during a session on October 27, 2009

Capitolio Nacional de Colombia on Plaza de Bolívar , seat of the Senate and the House of Representatives

The Senate of Colombia ( Spanish Senado de la República de Colombia ) is the upper house of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia , the country's parliament .

The Senate consists of 108 elected senators whose term of office is four years. To become a Senator, the elected person must be a native Colombian and have reached the age of 30 at the time of the election. 100 senatorial seats are elected via a national list of individual candidates. The remaining two senatorial seats are divided among people who come from the indigenous and Afro-American minorities.

In addition to the Senate, the House of Representatives of Colombia is the lower house . The Senate is located in the National Capitol of Colombia in Bogotá .

President of the Senate

Senate President has been Ernesto Macías Tovar from the Centro Democrático since July 20, 2018 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Ernesto Macías Tovar, nuevo Presidente del Senado de la República senado.gov.co, accessed on May 26, 2019 (Spanish)

4.5983611111111 -74.076527777778Coordinates: 4 ° 35 '54.1 " N , 74 ° 4' 35.5" W.

[1] Ernesto Macías Tovar, nuevo Presidente del Senado de la República senado.gov.co, accessed on May 26, 2019 (Spanish)