The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Colombia is composed of the most senior appointed politicians of the executive branch of the Government of Colombia. Members of the Cabinet are generally the heads of a Ministry Department. The existence of the Cabinet dates back to the first President

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. These members were appointed in order to advise the President and are therefore required to assist him in his duties as stated by the Colombian Constitution.

Current Cabinet

The Cabinet of President Gustavo Petro.

History

19th century

In the Constitution of 1821,

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created a Cabinet composed of five secretariats: * Secretariat of the Interior * Secretariat of the Exterior * Secretariat of War and Navy * Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit With time, areas of some secretariats were given to new institutions; in the mid-19th century, when the Secretariat of Trade was created, this deprived the Secretariat of the Exterior (then renamed Foreign Affairs) of that function. In 1886, President Rafael Núñez changed their nomenclature from secretariats to ministries, and created new ones, so, in the beginning of the 20th century, after the Thousand Days War, the Council of ministers was composed of: * Ministry of the Government * Ministry of Justice * Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Ministry of War * Ministry of Finance * Ministry of the Treasury * 1894 - The Ministry of Justice is disbanded. The Secretary of Trade disappeared; its assignments were transferred to the Vice Ministry of Development, under the control of the Minister of Finance.

20th century

;1990's * 1991 - The Ministry of Foreign Trade is created. * 1992 - The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is renamed

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. * 1993 - The Ministry of Justice is renamed Ministry of Justice and Law. * 1993 - The

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is created. * 1996 - The Ministry of Government is renamed the

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. * 1997 - The Ministry of Culture is created. ;Ministries by the end of the 20th Century * Ministry of the Interior * Ministry of Finance and Public Credit * Ministry of Justice and Law * Ministry of National Defence * Ministry of Health and Social Security * Ministry of Labour * Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development * Ministry of Foreign Trade * Ministry of National Education * Ministry of Mines and Energy * Ministry of Transport * Ministry of Communications * Ministry of Environment * Ministry of Economic Development * Ministry of Culture

21st Century

;2000's During the first administration of President

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, Congress and the President passed Law 790 of 2002, which modified the existing ministries by merging and reducing their number to 13. In accordance with Article 7, the Ministries in order and precedence were then thus: *

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** Merging the Ministry of Justice and Law with the Ministry of the Interior. *

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* Ministry of Finance and Public Credit *

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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

Ministry of Social Protection The Ministry of Social Protection ( es, Ministerio de la Protección Social) was a national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to employm ...

** Merging the Ministry of Labour and Social Security with the Ministry of Health. * Ministry of Mines and Energy * Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism ** Merging the Ministry of Foreign Trade with the Ministry of Economic Development. * Ministry of National Education *

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** The Ministry of the Environment is enhanced and assigned matters of potable water, land use, sanitation, and rural development. * Ministry of Communications *

* Ministry of Culture * 2009 - Passed on July 30, 2009, Law 1341 of 2009 redefined the Ministry of Communications and transformed it into the

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. ;2010's * 2011 - The Ministry of the Interior and Justice is once again divided into the

and Ministry of Justice and Law. * 2011 - The Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development is divided into the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory. * 2011 - The Ministry of Social Protection is divided into the

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and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.

Timeline of the Council of Ministers

Abbreviations used: Agr./Liv. - Agriculture and Livestock; Env./Hous./Terr. - Environment, housing and territorial development; Ind./Lab. - Industry and Labour; ICT - Information and communication technologies; Lab./Hyg./Soc. - Labour, hygiene and social protection.

References

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