Form of government and national politics
• Colombia achieved independence from Spain in 1819.
• The country is governed by a national constitution, amended on July 5, 1991.
• Colombia has three branches of Public Power: The Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary.
• Colombia has a democratically-elected representative system with a strong executive branch. The President is elected to a non-renewable, four-year term. The President is both the chief of state and head of government, and is elected on a national ticket with a Vice President.
• There is a bicameral legislature consisting of a 102-member Senate and a 165-member House of Representatives. Both chambers are directly elected to four-year terms.
• Colombia¡¦s judicial system is composed of: Supreme Court, Attorney General, Superior Council of the Judiciary, Constitutional Court and State Council. A new criminal code modeled after U.S. procedures was enacted in 1992-93.......

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