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Ãlvaro Uribe Vélez (born July 4, 1952) is the President of Colombia (since 2002). ...
Congress (Spanish: Congreso) is the name given to Colombias bicameral national legislature. ...
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Colombian Armed Conflict or Colombian Civil War are terms that are employed to refer to the current low intensity conflict in Colombia that has existed since approximately 1964 or 1966, which was when the FARC and later the ELN were founded and subsequently started their guerrilla insurgency campaigns against successive...
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| The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. Congress (Spanish: Congreso) is the name given to Colombias bicameral national legislature. ...
The Chamber has 166 elected members for four-year terms.
How the Chamber is elected
According to the Colombian Constitution, every department is an electoral circumscription. There are also four special circumscriptions: One for Indian communities, one for Afro-Colombian communities (negritudes), one for other minorities and one for Colombian citizens abroad, which have become lately a coveted political group. Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ...
Circumscription is a non-monotonic logic created by John McCarthy to formalize the common sense assumption that things are as expected unless otherwise specified. ...
There will be two representatives for each territorial circumscription, and every territorial circumscription will elect an additional member for every 250,000 residents or fraction greater than 125,000 residents in excess of the first 250,000 residents. The Afro-Colombian circunscription elects two representatives, and the Indian, other minority and expatriate circumscriptions elect one each. An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ...
Requirements To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (regardless of place of birth) who has attained the age of 25 years at the moment of election.
Exclusive powers of the Chamber - Elect the People's Defender.
- Examine the budget and treasury audit by the Auditor General.
- Indict for the impeachment of the following officeholders: President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Judicature Superior Council magistrates, State Council magistrates and the Attorney General.
- Listen to the complaints stated by the Attorney General or private citizens against the aforementioned officers, and recommend impeachment if they're worthwhile.
- Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations.
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Latest election edit
Summary of the 12 March 2006 Chamber of Representatives of Colombia election results | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | | Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) | 1,646,404 | 19.0 | 36 | | Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U) | 1,453,353 | 16.7 | 29 | | Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) | 1,363,656 | 15.8 | 30 | | Radical Change (Cambio Radical) | 932,207 | 10.7 | 20 | | Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) | 708,664 | 8.2 | 9 | | Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana) | 397,903 | 4.6 | 8 | | Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia) | 370,789 | 4.3 | 7 | | Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira) | 233,920 | 2.7 | 1 | | Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demócrata) | 215,753 | 2.5 | 2 | | Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal) | 199,810 | 2.3 | 5 | | National Movement (Movimiento Nacional) | 175,012 | 2.0 | 2 | | United People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido) | 129,977 | 1.5 | 2 | | For the Country of our Dreams (Por el País que soñamos) | 99,565 | 1.1 | 1 | | Regional Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Regional) | 91,547 | 1.1 | 4 | | Huila New and Liberalism (Huila Nuevo y Liberalismo) | 80,688 | 0.9 | 2 | | Social Action Party (Partido de Accion Social) | 52,340 | 0.6 | 1 | | Renovation Movement Labour Action (Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral) | 33,308 | 0.4 | 1 | | National Salvation Movement (Movimiento de Salvación Nacional) | 28,975 | 0.3 | 1 | | People's Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Popular) | 18,449 | 0.2 | 1 | | Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista) | 8,146 | 0.1 | 1 | | Total valid votes (turnout 39.8%) | 8,678,535 | 100.0 | 163 | | Sources: Adam Carr and Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil | Politics of Colombia Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Colombian political parties | Liberal parties ...
The Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano), is a conservative and right of center Colombian political party. ...
Radical Change (Cambio Radical) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Citizens Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Team Colombia (Equipo Colombia) is a conservative political party in Colombia. ...
The Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal) is a liberal political party in Colombia. ...
The National Movement (Movimiento Nacional) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The United Peoples Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido) is a liberal political party in Colombia. ...
The Regional Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Regional) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Renovation Movement Labour Action (Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The National Salvation Movement (Movimiento de Salvación Nacional) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Peoples Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Popular) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista) is a political party in Colombia. ...
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The Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano), is a conservative and right of center Colombian political party. ...
Radical Change (Cambio Radical) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Coalition (Coalición) is a conservative political party in Colombia. ...
The Team Colombia (Equipo Colombia) is a conservative political party in Colombia. ...
The Civic Peoples Convergence (Convergencia Popular CÃvica) is a progressive political party in Colombia. ...
The Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal) is a liberal political party in Colombia. ...
The United Peoples Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido) is a liberal political party in Colombia. ...
The National Salvation Movement (Movimiento de Salvación Nacional) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Colombia Always (Colombia Siempre) is a national-conservative party in Colombia. ...
The Peoples Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Popular) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Renovation Movement Labour Action (Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The National Movement (Movimiento Nacional) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Peoples Will Movement (Movimiento Voluntad Popular) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Progressive Force (Fuerza Progresista) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Citizens Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Alterning Road (VÃa Alterna) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Social and Political Front (Frente Social y Politico) is a political party in Colombia. ...
Democratic Progressivity (Progresismo Democrático) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Republican Movement (Movimiento Republicano) is a political party in Colombia. ...
Independent Conservatism (Conservatismo Independiente) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática Nacional) is a political party in Colombia. ...
Community Participation (Participación Comununidad) is a progressive political party in Colombia. ...
The Civic Purpose Colombia (CÃvico Seriedad Colombia) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Regional Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Regional) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Christian National Party (Partido Nacional Cristiano) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The New Democratic Force (Nueva Fuerza Democrático) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista) is a political party in Colombia. ...
Colombian politician Luis Carlos Galán founded the Nuevo Liberalismo (New Liberalism) in 1979, as a dissident force of the Colombian Liberal Party. ...
The Peoples Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Popular) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Unionist Movement (Movimiento Unionista) is a center-left political party in Colombia. ...
The Moral and Social Vanguard Party Lets Go Golombia (Partido Vanguardia Moral y Social Vamos Colombia) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Huella Citizenss Movement (Movimiento Huella Ciudadana) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (Movimiento Politico Comunal y Comunidad Colombiano) is a populist and civic political party in Colombia. ...
The Democratic Unity Party (Partido Unidad Democrática) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Colombian Social Democratic Party (Partido Socialdemócrata Colombiano) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Colombian Peoples Party (Partido Popular ColombianO) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Colombia Unite (Unete Colombia) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The National Peoples Alliance (Alianza Nacional Popular) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (Movimiento Alianza Social Indigenaas) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Alternative of Social Progress (Alternativa de Avanzada Social) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Independent Absolute Renovation Movement (Movimiento Independiente Renovación Absolut) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Political Movement for Social Security (Movimento Politico por la Seguridad Social) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The We are Colombia (Somos Colombia) is a political party in Colombia. ...
Christians for Community (Cristiano por la Comunidad) is a political party in Colombia. ...
Yes Colombia (Si Colombia) is a centrist political party in Colombia. ...
The Citizens Movement (Moviemento Ciudadano) is a progressive political party in Colombia. ...
The Front of Hope (Frente de Esperanza) is a political party in Colombia. ...
The Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement (Movimiento Obrero Independiente Revolucionario), or MOIR, is an extreme-left party in Colombia. ...
Independent Civic Movement (in Spanish: Movimiento CÃvico Independiente), was a political party in Peru. ...
The Citizens Political Movement for Bocaya (Movimiento Politico Ciudadanos por Bocaya) is a political party in Colombia. ...
External links - Chamber of Representatives of Colombia website
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