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The court consists of twenty three magistrates, elected by the same institution in list conformed by the Superior Council of the Judiciary for individual terms of eight years. The supreme court functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged, in some countries, provinces and states. ...

Current Magistrates

• President: César Julio Valencia Copete
• Vicepresidente: Isaura Vargas Diaz

Civil and Agrarian Cassation Chamber

• President: Ruth Marina Díaz Rueda

• • Jaime Alberto Arrubla Paucar
  • César Julio Valencia Copete
  • Carlos Ignacio Jaramillo
  • Edgardo Villamil Portilla
  • Pedro Octavio Munar Cadena
  • Manuel Ardila Velásquez

Labor Cassation Chamber

President: Gustavo Jose Gnecco Mendoza

• • Isaura Vargas Diaz
  • Luis Javier Osorio López
  • Carlos Isaac Nader
  • Francisco Javier Ricaurte
  • Eduardo Adolfo López Villega
  • Camilo Humberto Tarquino Gallego

Penal Cassation Chamber

President: Alfredo Gómez Quintero

• • Marina Pulido de Barón
  • Mauro Solarte Portilla
  • Sigifredo de Jesús Espinosa Perez
  • Alvaro Orlando Pérez Pinzón
  • Javier Zapata Ortiz
  • Julio Enrique Socha Salamanca
  • Jorge Quintero Milanes
  • Yesid Ramírez Bastidas

References

• (Spanish) Colombian Judicial Branch of Power
• (Spanish) Colombian Judicial Branch of power; magistrates