Council of Ministers of Colombia


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 Simon Bolivar. 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 Iván Duque Márquez.
OfficeIncumbentImageTerm began

President of the Republic		Iván Duque MárquezAugust 7, 2018

Vice President of the Republic		Marta Lucía RamírezAugust 7, 2018

Minister of the Interior		Alicia ArangoFebruary 13, 2020

Minister of Foreign Affairs		Claudia Blum Capurro de BarberiNovember 12, 2019

Minister of Finance and Public Credit		Alberto Carrasquilla BarreraAugust 7, 2018

Minister of Justice and Law		Margarita Cabello BlancoMay 16, 2019

Minister of National Defense		Carlos Holmes TrujilloNovember 12, 2019

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development		Rodolfo Enrique ZeaFebruary 24, 2020

Minister of Health and Social Protection		Fernando Ruiz GomezMarch 3, 2020

Minister of Labour		Ángel Custodio CabreraFebruary 27, 2020

Minister of Mines and Energy		Diego Mesa PuyoJuly 1, 2020

Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism		José Manuel Restrepo AbondanoAugust 7, 2018

Minister of National Education		María Victoria AnguloAugust 7, 2018

Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development		Ricardo Lozano PicónAugust 7, 2018

Minister of Housing, City and Territory		Jonathan MalagónAugust 7, 2018

Minister of Information Technologies and Communications		Karen AbudinenMay 4, 2020

Minister of Transport		Ángela María OrozcoAugust 7, 2018

Minister of Culture		Carmen Vásquez CamachoAugust 7, 2018

Minister of the Sport		Ernesto Lucena BarreroSeptember 16, 2019

History

19th century

In the Constitution of 1821, Simón Bolívar created a Cabinet composed of five secretariats:
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 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:
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
;Ministries by the end of the 20th Century
;2000's
During the first administration of President Álvaro Uribe, 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:
;2010's
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.