The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) ( es, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) also known as the Chancellery ( es, Cancílleria), is the Cabinet position of the

Government of Colombia The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches. Its legislature has a congress, its judiciary has a supreme court, and its executive branch has a president. The citiz ...

responsible for the

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

of Colombia through its diplomatic missions abroad by formulating

foreign policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...

relevant to the matters of the State. It is equivalent to the

foreign affairs ministries A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a Cabinet (government), cabinet Minister (government), minister in charge of a sovereign state, state's foreign policy and foreign ...

of other countries.

Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Republic of Colombia (1819—1831)

Republic of New Granada (1832—1858)

Granadine Confederation (1858—1863)

United States of Colombia (1863—1886)

Republic of Colombia (1886—present)

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{{Authority control Ministries established in 1821 1821 establishments in Gran Colombia

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...