General Director of Administrative Department of the Presidency of Colombia | |
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Seat | Bogotá, D.C. |
Appointer | President of Colombia |
Precursor | Secretary General of the Presidency |
Inaugural holder | María Paula Correa |
Formation | November 25, 1958 |
Website | www.dnp.gov.co |
The General Director of Administrative Department of the Presidency is in charge of overseeing, managing, and executing the administrative tasks related to the presidency of Colombia, while also ensuring the effective implementation of government policies. [1] [2] In this role, the General Director leads the coordination between the Presidency and other state institutions, as well as civil society, and provides support to the President in fulfilling both constitutional and administrative duties. [3] [4]
From its founding in 1898 until 2014, the highest position within the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic was that of General Secretary of the Presidency, which changed its name in 2014 during the administration of Juan Manuel Santos.[ citation needed ]
Name | Assumed office | Left office | President(s) served under | Ref. |
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Rodrigo Lloreda | May 16, 1980 | August 7, 1981 | Julio César Turbay Ayala | |
Germán Montoya | August 7, 1986 | August 7, 1990 | Virgilio Barco | |
Alberto Velásquez Echeverri | July 6, 2005 | August 7, 2006 | Álvaro Uribe | |
Bernardo Moreno | August 7, 2006 | August 7, 2010 | ||
Juan Carlos Pinzón | August 7, 2010 | September 5, 2011 | Juan Manuel Santos | |
Federico Renjifo Vélez | September 8, 2011 | May 17, 2012 | ||
Juan Mesa | May 20, 2017 | May 17, 2013 | ||
Néstor Humberto Martínez | August 7, 2014 | June 15, 2015 | ||
María Lorena Gutiérrez | June 18, 2015 | March 3, 2016 | ||
Luis Guillermo Vélez | March 6, 2016 | March 25, 2017 | [5] [6] | |
Alfonso Prada | March 28, 2017 | August 7, 2018 | [7] [8] | |
Jorge Mario Eastman | August 7, 2018 | April 24, 2019 | Iván Duque | [9] [10] |
In 2018, during Iván Duque administration, the position was restructured, taking on its current name of General Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency.[ citation needed ]
Name | Assumed office | Left office | President(s) served under | Ref. |
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María Paula Correa | April 24, 2019 | October 2, 2019 | Iván Duque | |
Diego Molano | October 3, 2019 | February 2, 2021 | [11] [12] | |
Víctor Manuel Muñoz | February 2, 2021 | August 7, 2022 | [13] [14] | |
Mauricio Lizcano | August 7, 2022 | May 1, 2023 | Gustavo Petro | [15] [16] |
Carlos Ramón González | April 26, 2022 | February 23, 2024 | [17] [18] | |
Laura Sarabia | February 23, 2024 | January 20, 2025 | [19] [20] | |
Jorge Rojas | January 29, 2025 | February 5, 2025 | [21] [22] | |
Angie Rodríguez | February 5, 2025 | Incumbent | [23] [24] |