Vice President of the Republic of Colombia | |
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Vicepresidente de la República de Colombia | |
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since 7 August 2022 | |
Government of Colombia Executive Branch of Colombia | |
Style | Madam Vice President (informal) The Honorable (formal) Her Excellency (diplomatic) |
Status | Second highest executive branch officer |
Member of | Cabinet National Government National Economic Council |
Residence | Vice Presidential House |
Seat | Bogotá, D.C. |
Appointer | Popular vote, or, if vacant, President via Constitutional |
Term length | Four years, non renewable |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Colombia |
Precursor | Presidential Designate |
Formation | 17 December 1819 |
First holder | Francisco Antonio Zea |
Succession | First |
Unofficial names | VPDTE-CO, VP, Vice |
Salary | Colombian pesos 15,900,569/US$ 4044,26 monthly[1][2] |
Website | vicepresidencia.gov.co |
The vice president of Colombia (Vice president of the Republic) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the national government, after the president of Colombia, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office by the people of Colombia through the Popular Vote. Since the passage of the Article 102 Amendment (in 1991) to the Colombian Constitution, the vice president may also be appointed by the president to fill a vacancy, upon leave of absence or death, resignation, or removal of the president. Since the 1990s, the vice president has been afforded an official residence at the Vice Presidential House of Bogotá, D.C.[3]
The vice president cannot assume presidential functions on temporary absences of the president such as official trips abroad or vacations. In these cases, the president delegates functions to a cabinet member, usually the Minister of the Interior.
According to the Constitution of Colombia of 1991, in the event that the vice president is absent, Congress must meet by its own right or by convocation of the President, in order to choose who would be the next person to occupy this position.[4]
Francia Márquez is the 13th and current vice president of Colombia. She is the first Afro-Colombian and the second woman to hold the position took office on 7 August 2022.[5][6]
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