Jaime Salamanca

Jaime Raúl Salamanca Torres (born 15 December 1979) is a Colombian politician who has been President of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia since 2024, and in the chamber as a member of the Green Alliance since 2022. Prior to his tenure in the chamber he was a member of the Boyacá Assembly.

Jaime Raúl Salamanca Torres was born in Sotaquirá, Colombia, on 15 December 1979. He graduated from the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia with a degree in public accounting, from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in government and territorial management, and from the University of the Andes with a degree in regional development management.^[1]

At the Technological Pedagogical University of Colombia Salamanca was a student leader and was elected to the Academic Council. He ran for the governorship in the 2019 election, but the Green Alliance selected Ramiro Barragán instead.^[1]

In the 2011 election Salamanca won a seat in the Boyacá Assembly and was the only member of the opposition. He spent 65 million pesos on his reelection campaign in 2015 using money that solely came from him, his partner, and his brother. He was reelected in 2018 after spending almost 300 million pesos, with over 200 million pesos coming from private donors and the remainder coming from the Green Alliance.^[1][2]

In the 2022 election Salamanca was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. On 20 July 2024, Salamanca defeated Katherine Miranda to become President of the chamber by a vote of 114 to 69.^[1][3][2]