Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca


The Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca is the department assembly of the Colombian Valle del Cauca Department. The assembly is part of the Colombian legislative branch of government at a provincial level and its main function is to debate, approve or change the local ordinances. It is composed of 21 elected deputies.

History

The history of the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca has its roots in the creation of the Valle del Cauca Department.

Hostage crisis

As part of the Colombian armed conflict on April 12, 2002, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia stormed the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca and kidnapped 12 Deputies of the Valle del Cauca Department to pressure a prisoner exchange between them and the government and to negotiate the demilitarization of the municipalities of Florida and Pradera to initiate peace dialogues.

Functions

The Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca sessions regularly in ordinary sessions during six months in three periods of two months and can be prolonged for up to ten days. Extraordinary sessions can be called up by the Governor of Valle del Cauca to analyze certain projects specifically. The deputies are in charge of analyzing for approval or disapproval of ordinances after three discussion debates that once approved are then sanctioned and signed by the governor of Valle del Cauca.

Organization

The Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca is headed by the Mesa Directiva, which is integrated by the president of the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca, first vice president, second vice president and general secretary.

Members

Since the 2015 regional elections, the members of the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca for the 2016–2019 term are:
OfficePartyOfficerRef
President of the Department AssemblyColombian Conservative PartyJosé Snehider Rivas Ayala
First vice presidentSocial Party of National UnityManuel Laureano Torres Moreno
Second Vice PresidentMIRA political partyRamiro Rivera Villa
General SecretarySebastian Jare Quiñonez Castillo

PartyDeputy
Social Party of National Unity
  • Juan Carlos Garces Rojas
  • Guillermo Montalvo Orozco
  • Martha Lucía Velez Mejia
  • Manuel Laureano Torres Moreno
  • Juan Carlos Rengifo Arboleda
Democratic Center
  • Julio Cesar Gaviria Varela
  • Juana Eloisa Cataño Muñoz
    • Colombian Conservative Party
  • Jose Snehider Rivas Ayala
  • Amanda Ramirez Giraldo
  • John Jairo Caicedo Villegas
  • Carlos Alberto Orozco Franco
    • Colombian Liberal Party
  • Myriam Cristina Juri Montes
  • Géssica Vallejo Valencia
  • Hugo Armando Bohórquez Chavarro
  • Luzdey Martínez Martínez
  • Diana Patricia Moreno Cetina
    • Radical Change
  • Mariluz Zuluaga Santa
  • Antonio Ospina Carballo
    • Green Alliance
  • Maria Isabel Moreno Salazar
    • MIRA political party
  • Ramiro Rivera Villa
    • Alternative Democratic Pole
  • Rolando Caicedo Arroyo

    • 2008-2011 term

    NameParty
    Camilo Escobar OsorioColombian Conservative Party
    Alvaro López GilColombian Conservative Party
    Mario Germán Fernández De Soto SánchezColombian Conservative Party
    Emilio Merino GonzálezColombian Conservative Party
    Amanda Ramírez GiraldoColombian Conservative Party
    Rubiel Antonio Muñoz CorralesCitizens' Convergence
    Jaime Aguilar DomínguezCitizens' Convergence
    Juan Eccehomo Calimán PabónCitizens' Convergence
    Yiminson Figueroa CarabalíCitizens' Convergence
    Andrés Felipe SolarteSocial Party of National Unity
    Edgar Libardo Mejía GallegoSocial Party of National Unity
    Mauricio Martínez PradoSocial Party of National Unity
    Antonio Ospina CarballoRadical Change
    Gustavo Adolfo González BlandónRadical Change
    José Fabio Rojas GiraldoRadical Change
    Marino Del Río UribeColombian Liberal Party
    Norberto Tascón OspinaColombian Liberal Party
    Myriam Cristina Juri MontesColombian Liberal Party
    Fernando Forero CruzAlternative Democratic Pole
    Ana Milena Ortiz SánchezAlternative Democratic Pole
    Álvaro Elías MartínezMIRA political party