# List of presidents of the Senate of Colombia

The President of the Senate (also president of the congress) is the highest-ranking official of the Senate of Colombia and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing members for speaking duties, and interpreting the rules, practices, and precedents of the Senate. The Constitution of Colombia establishes that the president of the Senate has the authority to cast a decisive vote.
All but two of the Senate presidents have been members of a political party or faction; the number of members of each is:

## Presidents of the Senate

| Name | Territory | Party | Term | Congress |
| Manuel Mosquera | | Conservative | July 20, 1966 – July 20, 1968 | |
| Mario Vivas | | Liberal | July 20, 1968 – July 20, 1969 | |
| Julio César Turbay Ayala | Santa Fe de Bogotá | Liberal | July 20, 1969 – July 20, 1970 | |
| Eduardo Abuchaibe | | Conservative | July 20, 1970 – July 20, 1972 | |
| Hugo Escobar | | Conservative | July 20, 1972 – July 20, 1974 | |
| Julio César Turbay Ayala | Santa Fe de Bogotá | Liberal | July 20, 1974 – July 20, 1975 | |
| Gustavo Balcázar | Cauca Valley | Liberal | July 20, 1975 – July 20, 1976 | |
| Edmundo López | Córdoba | Liberal | July 20, 1976 – July 20, 1977 | |
| Gustavo Dajer | Sucre | Liberal | July 20, 1977 – July 20, 1978 | |
| Bernardo Guerra | Antioquia | Liberal | July 20, 1978 – July 20, 1979 | |
| Héctor Echeverri | Antioquia | Liberal | July 20, 1979 – July 20, 1980 | |
| José Ignacio Díaz-Granados | Magdalena | Liberal | July 20, 1980 – July 20, 1981 | |
| Gustavo Dajer | Sucre | Liberal | July 20, 1981 – July 20, 1982 | |
| Bernardo Guerra | Antioquia | Liberal | July 20, 1982 – July 20, 1983 | |
| Carlos Holguín Sardi | Cauca Valley | Conservative | July 20, 1983 – July 20, 1984 | |
| José Antonio Name | Atlántico | Liberal | July 20, 1984 – July 20, 1985 | |
| Álvaro Villegas Moreno | Antioquia | Conservative | July 20, 1985 – July 20, 1986 | |
| Humberto Peláez | Cauca | Liberal | July 20, 1986 – July 20, 1987 | |
| Arcízar López | Santa Fe de Bogotá | Liberal | July 20, 1987 – July 20, 1989 | |
| Luis Guillermo Giraldo | Caldas | Liberal | July 20, 1989 – July 20, 1990 | |
| Aurelio Iragorri | Cauca | Liberal | July 20, 1990 – July 20, 1991 | |
| José Blackburn | Cauca | Liberal | July 20, 1992 – February 6, 1993 | 1st Congress |
| Tito Rueda | Bogotá, D.C. | Liberal | February 6 – July 20, 1993 | 1st Congress |
| Jorge Ramón Elías | Córdoba | Liberal | July 20, 1993 – July 20, 1994 | 1st Congress |
| Juan Guillermo Ángel | Risaralda | Liberal | July 20, 1994 – July 20, 1995 | 1st Congress |
| Julio César Guerra | Sucre | Liberal | July 20, 1995 – July 20, 1996 | 1st Congress |
| Luis Fernando Londoño | Bogotá, D.C. | Liberal | July 20, 1996 – July 20, 1997 | 2nd Congress |
| Almikar Acosta | La Guajira | Liberal | July 20, 1997 – July 20, 1998 | 2nd Congress |
| Fabio Valencia Cossio | Antioquia | Conservative | July 20, 1998 – July 20, 1999 | 2nd Congress |
| Miguel Pinedo Vidal | La Guajira | Liberal | July 20, 1999 – July 20, 2000 | 2nd Congress |
| Mario Uribe Escobar | Antioquia | Liberal | July 20, 2000 – July 20, 2001 | 3rd Congress |
| Carlos Armando García | Tolima | Liberal | July 20, 2001 – July 20, 2002 | 3rd Congress |
| Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero | Antioquia | Team Colombia | July 20, 2002 – July 20, 2003 | 3rd Congress |
| Germán Vargas Lleras | Bogotá, D.C. | Radical Change | July 20, 2003 – July 20, 2004 | 3rd Congress |
| Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo | Tolima | Conservative | July 20, 2004 – July 20, 2005 | 4th Congress |
| Claudia Blum | Cauca Valley | Radical Change | July 20, 2005 – July 20, 2006 | 4th Congress |
| Dilian Francisca Toro | Cauca Valley | Unionist | July 20, 2006 – July 20, 2007 | 4th Congress |
| Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez | Cundinamarca | Radical Change | July 20, 2007 – July 20, 2008 | 4th Congress |
| Hernán Francisco Andrade | Huila | Conservative | July 20, 2008 – July 20, 2009 | 5th Congress |
| Javier Enrique Cáceres | Bolívar | Radical Change | July 20, 2009 – July 20, 2010 | 5th Congress |
| Armando Benedetti | Atlántico | Unionist | July 20, 2010 – July 20, 2011 | 5th Congress |
| Juan Manuel Corzo | North Santander | Conservative | July 20, 2011 – July 20, 2012 | 5th Congress |
| Roy Barreras | Cauca Valley | Unionist | July 20, 2012 – July 20, 2013 | 6th Congress |
| Juan Fernando Cristo | North Santander | Liberal | July 20, 2013 – July 20, 2014 | 6th Congress |
| José David Name | Atlántico | Unionist | July 20, 2014 – July 20, 2015 | 6th Congress |
| Luis Fernando Velasco | Cauca | Liberal | July 20, 2015 – July 20, 2016 | 6th Congress |
| Mauricio Lizcano | Antioquia | Unionist | July 20, 2016 – July 20, 2017 | 7th Congress |
| Efraín Cepeda | Atlántico | Conservative | July 20, 2017 – July 20, 2018 | 7th Congress |
| Ernesto Macías Tovar | Huila | Democratic Center | July 20, 2018 – July 20, 2019 | 7th Congress |
| Lidio García Turbay | Bolívar | Liberal | July 20, 2019 – July 20, 2020 | 7th Congress |
| Arturo Char | Atlántico | Radical Change | July 20, 2020 – July 20, 2021 | 8th Congress |
| Juan Diego Gómez | Bolívar | Conservative | July 20, 2021 – July 20, 2022 | 8th Congress |
| Roy Barreras | Cauca Valley | Historic Pact | July 20, 2022 – May 4, 2023 | 9th Congress |
| Alexander López Maya | Cauca Valley | Historic Pact | June 6, 2023 – July 20, 2023 | 9th Congress |
| Iván Name | Atlántico | Green Alliance | July 20, 2023 – July 20, 2024 | 9th Congress |
| Efraín Cepeda | Atlántico | Conservative | July 20, 2024 – Incumbent | 9th Congress |