Editing President of Colombia (section)

{{short description|Head of state and government of Colombia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{About|the president of the Republic of Colombia|a list|List of presidents of Colombia}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = President
| body = the<br>Republic of Colombia
| native_name = {{smaller|{{nobold|{{lang|es|Presidente de la República de Colombia}}}}}}
| flag = New-Flag-of-the-President-of-Colombia.svg
| flagsize = 125
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = [[Flag of the president of Colombia|Presidential flag]]
| insignia = Logo_presidencia_de_Colombia_(2022-2026).png
| insigniasize = 100
| insigniacaption = [[Presidency of Gustavo Petro|Administrative seal]]
| image = Presidente Gustavo Petro U.jpg
| incumbent = [[Gustavo Petro]]
| incumbentsince = 7 August 2022
| department = [[Government of Colombia]]<br>[[Executive Branch of Colombia]]
| style = [[Mr. President (title)|Mr. President]] (informal)<br>[[The Honourable|The Honorable]] (formal)<br>[[Excellency|His Excellency]] (diplomatic)
| type = [[Head of state]]<br>[[Head of government]]<br>[[Commander-in-chief]]
| abbreviation = PDTE-CO
| member_of = [[Cabinet of Colombia|Cabinet]]<br>[[Government of Colombia|National Government]]<br>National Economic Council
| residence = [[Casa de Nariño]]
| seat = [[Bogotá, D.C.]]
| appointer = [[Elections in Colombia|Popular vote]] or via succession
| termlength = Four years,
| termlength_qualified = non renewable
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Colombia]] (1991)
| succession = [[Colombian presidential line of succession|Line of succession]]
| formation = {{start date and age|1819|12|17|p=1|br=1}}
| first = [[Simón Bolívar]]
| deputy = 
| salary = [[Colombian peso]]s 32,624,000/US$ 6,847 monthly<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.co/colombia/sabe-usted-cuanto-gana-el-presidente-de-colombia-195435|publisher=El Universal |title=¿Sabe usted cuánto gana el presidente de Colombia?|date=30 May 2015 }}</ref>
| website = [http://www.presidencia.gov.co/ presidencia.gov.co]
}}
{{Politics of Colombia}}

The '''president<!--"president" is uncapitalized here because it is preceded by modifier "The", per [[MOS:JOBTITLES]] bullet 3 and table column 2 example 1. Any proposal for modification to the guideline should be posted at its talk page, [[WT:MOSBIO]].--> of Colombia''' ('''President of the Republic''') is the [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] of [[Colombia]]. The president heads the executive branch of the [[Government of Colombia|national government]] and is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Military Forces of Colombia]].

The power of the presidency has grown substantially since the first president, [[Simón Bolívar]], took office in 1819. While presidential power has waxed and waned over time, the presidency has played an increasingly important role in Colombian political life since the early 20th century, with a notable expansion during the presidency of [[Álvaro Uribe]].

The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the [[Congress of Angostura]], convened in December 1819, when Colombia was the "''[[Gran Colombia]]''". The first president, General [[Simón Bolívar]],<ref>Gobernantes Colombianos, Ignacio Arismendi Posada, Interprint Editors Ltd., Italgraf, Segunda Edición, Page 15, Bogotá, Colombia, 1983</ref> took office in 1819. His position, initially self-proclaimed, was subsequently ratified by Congress.

The president is directly elected through Universal Suffrage for a period of four years, along with the [[Vice President of Colombia|vice president]]. According to [[Constitution of Colombia|article 125 of the constitution]], ratified in 2018, no person who has been elected for a presidential term can be elected for a second. In addition, three vice presidents have become president by virtue of the death or resignation of a president during the term. In total, 34 people have served in [[List of presidents of Colombia|36 presidencies]] that span 48 four-year terms, with [[Alfonso López Pumarejo]], [[Álvaro Uribe]] and [[Juan Manuel Santos]] being the only ones with double terms, in the case of López Pumarejo non-consecutive. [[Gustavo Petro]] is the 34th and current president, having [[Inauguration of Gustavo Petro|assumed office]] on 7 August 2022.