List of Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia

The following List of Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia lists the Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia

Chamber of Representatives of Colombia

The Chamber of Representatives is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia.The Chamber has 166 elected members for four-year terms.-How the Chamber is elected:...

since 1979.

Name	Circumscription	Entered office	Left office
Adalberto Ovalle Muñoz	Cesar Department Cesar Department Cesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...	1979	1980
Hernando Turbay Turbay	Caquetá Department	1980	1981
Aurelio Iragorri Hornaza	Cauca Department Cauca Department Cauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...	1981	1982
Hernando Gómez Otálora	Boyacá Department Boyacá Department Boyacá is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, and the remnant of one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end...	1982	1983
César Gaviria Trujillo	Risaralda Department Risaralda Department Risaralda is a department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region. Its capital is Pereira.It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966...	1983	1984
Daniel Mazuera Gómez	Cundinamarca Department Cundinamarca Department - Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....	1984	1985
Miguel Pineda Vidal	Magdalena Department Magdalena Department Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River...	1985	1986
Román Gómez Ovalle	La Guajira Department	1986	1987
Francisco José Jattin Safar Francisco José Jattin Safar Francisco José Jattin Safar was a Colombian politician and diplomat. He was Senator of Colombia from 1994 to 1996, when he lost his seat in Congress for his connection to the proceso 8000. Jattin also served as Chamber Representative for Córdoba, where he was President of the Chamber for three...	Córdoba Department Córdoba Department Córdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department...	1987	1989
Norberto Morales Ballesteros	Santander Department Santander Department Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...	1989	1990
Hernán Berdugo	Atlántico Department Atlántico Department Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...	1990	1991
César Pérez García	Antioquia Department Antioquia Department Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...	1992	1993
Francisco José Jattin Safar Francisco José Jattin Safar Francisco José Jattin Safar was a Colombian politician and diplomat. He was Senator of Colombia from 1994 to 1996, when he lost his seat in Congress for his connection to the proceso 8000. Jattin also served as Chamber Representative for Córdoba, where he was President of the Chamber for three...	Córdoba Department Córdoba Department Córdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department...	1993	1994
Álvaro Benedetti Vargas	Bolívar Department Bolívar Department Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...	1994	1995
Rodrigo Rivera Salazar Rodrigo Rivera Salazar Rodrigo Rivera Salazar is a Colombian politician. A lawyer, and journalist by trade, Rivera served in the Congress first as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives for two terms from 1990 to 1998, and then as Senator of Colombia for two terms from 1998 to 2006, when he retired from Congress to...	Risaralda Department Risaralda Department Risaralda is a department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region. Its capital is Pereira.It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966...	1995	1996
Giovanni Lamboglia Mazzilli	Atlántico Department Atlántico Department Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...	1996	1997
Carlos Ardila Ballesteros	Santander Department Santander Department Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...	1997	1998
Emilio Martínez Rosales	Tolima Department	1998	1999
Armando Pomárico	Magdalena Department Magdalena Department Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River...	1999	1999
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez Castañeda is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She served as Senator of Colombia and Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, having served in both chambers as President.-Career:...	Cundinamarca Department Cundinamarca Department - Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....	1999	2000
Basilio Villamizar	Norte de Santander Department	2000	2001
Guillermo Gaviria Zapata	Antioquia Department Antioquia Department Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...	2001	2002
William Vélez Mesa	Antioquia Department Antioquia Department Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...	2002	2003
Alonso Acosta Osio	Atlántico Department Atlántico Department Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...	2003	2004
Zulema Jattin Corrales Zulema Jattin Corrales -Personal life:Zulema del Carmen was born on 31 July 1969 in Lorica, Cordobá to Francisco José Jattin Safar and Ema Corrales. She married on 22 June 2002 to Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo but divorced in 2003; together they had one daughter Zulema María.-References:...	Department of Córdoba	2004	2005
Julio Gallardo Archbold	San Andres and Providencia Department San Andrés and Providencia Department Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina ; or colloquially San Andrés y Providencia is one of the departments of Colombia. It consists of two island groups about northwest of Colombia and from the coast of Nicaragua, and eight outlying banks and reefs...	2005	2006
Alfredo Cuello Baute	Cesar Department Cesar Department Cesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to...	2006	2007
Óscar Arboleda Palacio	Antioquia Department Antioquia Department Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...	2007	2008
Germán Varón Cotrino	Capital District Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...	2008	2009
Édgar Gómez Román	Santander Department Santander Department Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...	2009	2010
Carlos Alberto Zuluaga	Antioquia Department Antioquia Department Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...	2010	2011
Simón Gaviria Muñoz Simón Gaviria Muñoz Simón Gaviria Muñoz is a Colombian economist and politician currently serving as Member and President of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia and is part of the Third Commission of the Chamber that deals on matters of Finance and Public Credit...	Capital District Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...	2011	present

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