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The Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca (Spanish: Asamblea Departamental del 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.
The history of the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca has its roots in the creation of the Valle del Cauca Department.
As part of the Colombian armed conflict on April 12, 2002, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 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. [1]
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.
The Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca is headed by the Mesa Directiva (literally "Directorate Table"), which is integrated by the president of the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca, first vice president, second vice president and general secretary.
Since the 2015 regional elections, [2] the members of the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca for the 2016–2019 term are: [3]
| Office | Party | Officer | Ref |
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| President of the Department Assembly | Colombian Conservative Party | José Snehider Rivas Ayala | [3] |
| First vice president | Social Party of National Unity | Manuel Laureano Torres Moreno | [3] |
| Second Vice President | MIRA political party | Ramiro Rivera Villa | [3] |
| General Secretary | Sebastian Jare Quiñonez Castillo | [3] |
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| Social Party of National Unity (U) |
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| Democratic Center (CD) |
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| Colombian Conservative Party (C) |
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| Colombian Liberal Party (L) |
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| Radical Change (CR) |
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| Green Alliance (AV) |
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| MIRA political party (MIRA) |
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| Alternative Democratic Pole (POLO) |
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| Camilo Escobar Osorio [n 1] | Colombian Conservative Party (C) |
| Alvaro López Gil | |
| Mario Germán Fernández De Soto Sánchez | |
| Emilio Merino González | |
| Amanda Ramírez Giraldo | |
| Rubiel Antonio Muñoz Corrales | Citizens' Convergence [n 2] |
| Jaime Aguilar Domínguez | |
| Juan Eccehomo Calimán Pabón | |
| Yiminson Figueroa Carabalí [n 3] | |
| Andrés Felipe Solarte [n 4] | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Edgar Libardo Mejía Gallego | |
| Mauricio Martínez Prado | |
| Antonio Ospina Carballo | Radical Change (CR) |
| Gustavo Adolfo González Blandón [n 5] | |
| José Fabio Rojas Giraldo | |
| Marino Del Río Uribe | Colombian Liberal Party (L) |
| Norberto Tascón Ospina [n 6] | |
| Myriam Cristina Juri Montes | |
| Fernando Forero Cruz | Alternative Democratic Pole (POLO) |
| Ana Milena Ortiz Sánchez | |
| Álvaro Elías Martínez [n 7] [5] | MIRA political party (MIRA) |
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