Cabinet Of Gustavo Petro

Gustavo Petro assumed office as President of Colombia on August 7, 2022. The President has the power to nominate members of his Cabinet at his own discretion, in accordance with the Constitution of Colombia.

After the confirmation and ratification of the ruling coalition, along with the other Majority Parties in Congress, the presidents of the three respective Conservative, Liberal and U parties met to obtain cabinet representation through one, two or three departments executives. The creation of the Cabinet was part of the transition of power after the 2022 Colombian presidential elections.

As a result of the political alliance between Petro and the other majority parties, the ministers of Justice and Law Néstor Osuna and Catalina Velasco of Housing, City and Territory were confirmed as political representatives of the Liberal Party, this after Petro did not accept the curriculum of other people suggested by the party who In their opinion, they did not meet the requirements for the post, so the Liberals considered withdrawing from the government, but a meeting between the two ministers with parliamentarians and party president César Gaviria consolidated support.

The Minister of Transport Guillermo Reyes is the representation in the cabinet of the Conservative Party, as confirmed by Minister Reyes himself in several interviews. For her part, the Minister of Information Technology and Communications, Sandra Urrutia, is the representation in the cabinet of the Party of the U, as confirmed by different media.

In addition to the 6 heads of executive departments and the 5 members attached to the Administrative Department of the presidency, there are eleven cabinet-level officials.

This page documents the confirmation process for cabinet candidates in the Gustavo Petro administration. They are listed according to the order of precedence of Colombia.

Cabinet

Elected officials

President

On 4 May 2022, it was announced that leftist leader Gustavo Petro had defeated incumbent Anti-Corruption candidate Rodolfo Hernandez in the 2022 presidential election. Gustavo Petro received 11,292,758 million electoral votes compared to 10, 604,656 million electoral votes for Hernandez, with more than 10 million needed to win the presidency. He took office on 7 August 2022.

Vice President

On March 13, 2022, after the result of the primaries, in which Márquez came out with the second highest vote behind Gustavo Petro, she would be announced on March 23 as Gusavo Petro's running mate.

Nominated candidates for Cabinet positions

The following cabinet positions are listed in order of their creation (also used as the basis for the Colombian presidential line of succession).

Minister of the Interior

Alfonso Prada

He was presented on April 6, 2022, as head of the debate for the presidential candidate for the Historic Pact, Gustavo Petro, later he would be announced on June 20, as Minister of the Interior, assuming office on August 7, 2022

Luis Fernando Velasco

Among the changes made in the cabinet, Velasco was announced as the replacement of Alfonso Prada as Minister of the Interior on April 26, 2023 in an official press release.

Minister of Foreign Affairs

On July 25, 2022, Álvaro Leyva was announced as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, who had previously served as a peace negotiator with insurgent groups.

Minister of Finance and Public Credit

José Antonio Ocampo

On July 25, 2022, the President-elect appoints several of his future Ministers, including José Antonio Ocampo, who had already served as Minister of Finance and Public Credit, during the administration of Ernesto Samper.

Ricardo Bonilla

Among the changes made to the cabinet, Bonilla was announced as the replacement for José Antonio Ocampo as Minister of Finance and Public Credit on April 26, 2023 in an official press release.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Cecilia López

Jhénifer Mojica

Minister of Health and Social Protection

Carolina Corcho

Guillermo Jaramillo

Minister of Information Technologies and Communications

Sandra Urrutia

Mauricio Lizcano

Minister of Transport

Guillermo Reyes

William Camargo

Minister of Culture

Patricia Ariza

Jorge Ignacio Zorro

Nominated candidates for Cabinet-level positions

Cabinet-level officials hold positions that are considered cabinet-level, but are not heads of executive departments. The exact positions that are considered Cabinet-level vary with each president. In 2019 it was raised to seven positions at the cabinet level with the creation of the Chief of Staff being the most important position at the cabinet level and the third most important at the Government level.

Chief of Staff

The chief of staff is traditionally the highest-ranking employee of the Casa de Nariño. The chief of staff's responsibilities are both management and advisory on the president's official affairs. The chief of staff is appointed by the president and serves at his discretion. The third member appointed to a cabinet or cabinet-level position announced by Petro was the chief of staff of the presidency, Laura Sarabia. She resigned in June 2023, being nominated Cielo Rusinque, who would later fail to take office.

General Director of the DAPRE

It is the second most important position at the cabinet level, being the director of the agency in charge of the office of the president founded in 1956.

Mauricio Lizcano

* Taking office on August 7, 2022, he would later resign by May 2023 to take office as minister.

Carlos Ramón González

* Was announced on May 1, 2023 and assumed office on April 26, 2022 and resigned on February 23, 2024, to take over as General Director of the DNI.

Laura Sarabia

* Was announced on February 19, 2024 and assumed office on February 23, 2024.

See also

* Council of Ministers of Colombia

References

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