The following is a List of the Presidents of the Republic of Greater Colombia, beginning with Simon Bolivar all the way to Cristo Zapata, the incumbent President. The President is elected by direct ballot, and due to the three-party system in Colombia, this typically requires a runoff. Generally speaking, the party that controls the Colombian Congress controls the Presidency as well, as the quadrennial Presidential election and sextennial Congressional election overlaps every twelve years. The President is constitutionally limited to two full terms, which can (and have been) served non-consecutively.