Miguel Ángel Pinto

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
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.

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, 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.