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.
List of Ministers of Finance and Public Credit
References
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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 ...
Finance in Colombia
Finance And Public Credit