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The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Colombia is part of the excecutive power, and according to the presidential orientation of the Colombian Constitution of 1991, it's a cabinet of advicers to the President of Colombia. Flag of the President of Colombia This is a list of Heads of State (Presidents etc. ... Congress (Spanish: Congreso) is the name given to Colombias bicameral national legislature. ... The Senate (Spanish: Senado) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia. ... The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Elections in Colombia gives information on election and election results in Colombia. ... On March 12, 2006 Colombians went to the polls to elect Senate and Chamber of Representatives. ... Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ... Colombias Ministry of Defense, charged with the countrys internal and external defense and security, has an Army, Navy (which includes both marines and coast guard) Air Force, and National Police under the leadership of a civilian Minister of Defense. ... Colombian Armed Conflict or Colombian Civil War are terms that are employed to refer to the current low intensity conflict in Colombia that has existed since approximately 1964 or 1966, which was when the FARC and later the ELN were founded and subsequently started their guerrilla insurgency campaigns against successive... Colombia seeks diplomatic and commercial relations with all countries, regardless of their ideologies or political or economic systems. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... List of Heads of State (Presidents etc. ...

History

1800s

In the Constitution of 1821, Simón Bolívar created a Cabinet with 5 members called Secretaries: Simón Bolívar Monument, Sixth Avenue entrance to Central Park, New York City Simón Bolívar Memorial Monument, standing in Santa Marta, Colombia Equestrian statue of Bolívar on Bolívar Square, Caracas Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (born July...

• Secretary of the Interior
• Secretary of the Exterior (Foreign Affairs and Trade)
• Secretary of the Marine
• Secretary of War
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit

With time, areas of some secretaries were given to new institutions, like in the mid 1800s when was created the Secretary of Trade, depriving of that function to the Secretary of the Exterior (then renamed to Foreign Affairs).

In 1886, President Rafael Nuñez the name of the Secretaries was changed to Ministries, and new ones were created, so, in the beginning of the 20th century, after the Thousand Days War, the Council of ministers was composed of: Rafael Núñez can refer to: Rafael Núñez, a politician Rafael Nunez International Airport, an airport in Cartagena Rafael E. Núñez, a cognitive scientist Rafael Núñez, a Governor of Córdoba, Argentina Rafael Núñez (also known as RaFa), a hacker/cracker and model from Venezuela Category... Combatants Colombian Liberal Party Colombian Conservative Party Commanders Rafael Uribe Uribe Benjamín Herrera Próspero Pinzón Ramón González Valencia Pedro Nel Ospina The Thousand Days War (1899-1902) (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Dias), was a civil armed conflict in the newly created Republic of Colombia...

• Ministry of the Government
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chancellor)
• Ministry of War
• Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
• Ministry of Education

The Secretary of Trade disappeared, its assignments were transferred to the Viceministry of Development, under the control of the Minister of Finance.

1900

In the mid 1930s President Alfonso López Pumarejo, to develop his social and agrarian reforms created: The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo (1886 - 1959) was a Colombian president and political figure, as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. ...

• Ministry of Public Health
• Ministry of Labour
• Ministry of Agriculture

And for his infrastructure proyects to boost employment:

• Ministry of Public Works

In the 40's were created:

• Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum

In the 50's the name of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs was changed to Telecomunications, and Public Works to Transportation and Public Works.

In the 60's was created the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and the name of Ministry of Mines was changed to Ministry of Mines and Energy.

In the 70's the name of the Ministry of War was changed to Defense.

In the 1990 were created several ministries to keep up with the reforms of liberalization of President César Gaviria: César Gaviria Trujillo (born March 31, 1947) is a Colombian politician. ...

• Ministry of Economic Development
• Ministry of the Environment
• Ministry of Trade
• Ministry of Culture

In 1996 the name of the Ministry of Government changed to Interior. And the maximum number of ministries in the history of the council was achieved:

• Ministry of the Interior
• Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
• Ministry of Justice and Law
• Ministry of Defense
• Ministry of Health and Social Security
• Ministry of Labour
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Ministry of Trade
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Mines and Energy
• Ministry of Transport
• Ministry of Telecomunications
• Ministry of the Environment and Housing
• Ministry of Economic Development
• Ministry of Culture.

2000s

Alvaro Uribe

During the first term of President Alvaro Uribe, begining in 2002 Ministries were restructured. The Presidentclosed and merged ministries to reduce bureaucracy while assigning duties of supressed ministries to Administrative Departments. Currently the Council of Ministers is composed of: lvaro Uribe V lez (born July 4, 1952) is the President of Colombia (since 2002). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Ministry of the Interior and Justice

merged Justice into the Interior ministry

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit

Ministry of National Defense

Ministry of Social Protection

Merging Health and Labour to create a single ministry

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

Renamed absorbing DA's

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Mines and Energy

Minisitry of Transport

Ministry of Telecomunications

Ministry of the Environment, Development and Housing

Absorbing Development

Ministry of Culture