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Miguel Ángel Pinto

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Miguel Ángel Pinto
President of the Senate
Acting
In office
May 4, 2023 – June 6, 2023
Preceded byRoy Barreras
Succeeded byAlexander López Maya
Vice President of the Senate
In office
July 20, 2022 – July 20, 2023
Serving with Honorio Henríquez
PresidentRoy Barreras
Preceded byMaritza Martinez Aristizábal
Succeeded byMaría José Pizarro
Senator of Colombia
Assumed office
July 20, 2018
President of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
July 20, 2016 – July 20, 2017
Preceded byAlfredo Deluque
Succeeded byRodrigo Lara Bonilla
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
October 27, 2011 – July 20, 2018
ConstituencySantander
Personal details
Born
Miguel Ángel Pinto Hernández

(1961-11-14) November 14, 1961 (age 62)
Bucaramanga, Colombia
Political partyLiberal (2000-present)
Alma materAutonomous University of Bucaramanga
ProfessionMedical doctor
Politician

Miguel Ángel Pinto Hernández (born November 14, 1961) is a Colombian politician, lawyer and specialist in administrative law, member of the Liberal party.[1]

Pinto has served as a Colombian Congressman, having served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives between 2011 and 2018, representing the department of Santander, in 2016 he was elected as president of the Chamber of Representatives,[2][3] a position he served until July 20, 2017, in 2018 he became elected Senator, during the 2018 Parliamentary election, later he would be re-elected again, during the 2022 Parliamentary election on July 20, 2022, he would be elected as vice president of the Senate, a position that he shared with Senator Honorio Henríquez, Later on May 4, 2023, he would act as acting president of the Senate, after the removal of his predecessor Roy Barreras when he was found in double militancy, a position in which he would serve until June 6, when Alexander López Maya was elected as his successor.[4]

Chamber of Representatives

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Pinto arrived at the Chamber of Representatives in October 2011, replacing Jesús Arenas, who lost the investiture of Congressman, after being found in double militancy, by the Supreme Court of Justice. Pinto, who had not obtained enough votes in the 2010 Parliamentary election, was later re-elected in 2014, as an electoral partner of Senator Horacio Serpa, thanks to his popularity in Congress, he was later elected as president of the First constitutional commission of the Chamber of Representatives, and then president of the Chamber of Representatives.[5]

In 2018 after his election as senator with a vote of 90 thousand votes, which allowed him to be elected president of the Senate Ethics Commission and then President of the First Commission. He was re-elected during the 2022 Parliamentary election on July 20, 2022, he would be elected vice president of the Senate, a position he shared with Senator Honorio Henríquez, later on May 4, 2023, he would act as acting president of the Senate, after the dismissal. of his predecessor Roy Barreras found in double militancy, a position in which he would serve until June 6, when Alexander López Maya was chosen as his successor.

References

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  1. ^ "Miguel Ángel Pinto Hernández". lasillavacia.com (in Spanish). 21 February 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Santandereano Miguel Ángel Pinto, nuevo Presidente de la Cámara de Representantes". vanguardia.com (in Spanish). 21 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. ^ Agudelo, Óscar Felipe (5 March 2022). "Miguel Ángel Pinto, el político que junta a los clanes en Santander". cambiocolombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ Castillo, Camilo A. (5 May 2023). "Quién es Miguel Ángel Pinto, el que sería el nuevo presidente del Senado". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. ^ Gómez Pinilla, Jorge (24 May 2022). "El verdadero Miguel Ángel Pinto de 'Otoniel'". elespectador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Senate
Acting

2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Maritza Martinez Aristizábal
Vice President of the Senate
2022-2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Chamber of Representatives
2016-2017
Succeeded by