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Colombia*

H.E. Alexander Vega Rocha, H.E. Hernan Penagos Girlado,
Chairperson, RNEC The President of CNE

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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
COLOMBIA
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Bicameral
Republic of Colombia
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government The Senate and the House of Representatives
Presidential Republic
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the Government nominated
President – Iván Duque Márquez 108 members of the Senado (Senate) are elected
through party- list proportional representation
5. Head of the State system. 171 members of the Camara de
President – Iván Duque Márquez
Representantes (House of Representatives)
6. Capital are elected through party-list proportional
Bogota representation system.

7. Currency 4. Popular House
Colombian peso Both the Senado and the Camara de Represent
antes
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Mestizo and white 84.2%, Afro-Colombian 5. Type of Electoral System
(includes mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 10.4%, Proportional Representation
Amerindian 3.4%, Romani (2005 est.)
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9. Date of Independence and from which Country
20 July 1810 (from Spain) ELECtorAL sYstEM

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
4 July 1991

1. Name of the EMB(S) with Short form/Abbreviation
11. Language (s)
Spanish (official) Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) (National
Electoral Council)
12. Literacy Levels
95%

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