The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit ( es, Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público), is the national executive ministry 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 financial and budgetary matters of the country as well as implementing the financial policies passed by Congress, equivalent to the

finance ministries A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

of other countries. The Ministry was created on 18 July 1923 by fusing together the existing Ministries of Finance and of the Treasury. The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit is active in developing

financial inclusion Financial inclusion is defined as the availability and equality of opportunities to access financial services. It refers to a process by which individuals and businesses can access appropriate, affordable, and timely financial products and service ...

policy and is a member of the

Alliance for Financial Inclusion The Alliance for Financial Inclusion, or AFI, is a policy leadership alliance owned and led by member central banks and financial regulatory institutions with the common objective of advancing financial inclusion at the country, regional and inte ...

List of Ministers of Finance and Public Credit

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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 ...

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