Colombian House of Representatives Legislative Work Unit Staff Members

Integrantes de las Unidades de Trabajo Legislativo (UTL) de los Representantes a la Cámara lists staff members of legislative work units for Colombian House Representatives. The dataset is provided by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on March 12, 2026. It is governed by legal provisions from Law 5 of 1992, which limits each unit to 10 employees/contractors and a total salary budget of 50 monthly legal minimum wages.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the composition of legislative support teams using representante/dependencia and Descripcion grado.
• Matching staff members to their employing representative using 1er apellido, Nombre, and 2º Apellido.
• Identifying common naming patterns or familial relationships in legislative staff using Nombre familiar.

Strengths

• Data is structured with specific columns for staff identification and legislative unit affiliation.
• The dataset's legal basis and constraints (e.g., 10-person unit limit) are clearly defined in the description.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official administrative records of the Colombian House of Representatives.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 16:06:03; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia