The president of Colombia,officially the president of the Republic of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of Colombia. The president heads the executive branch of the national government and is the commander-in-chief of the Military Forces of Colombia.
The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit,is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia 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 of other countries.
Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician who is the 34th and current president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration,he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.
Colombia–Venezuela relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the South American neighboring countries of Colombia and Venezuela. The relationship has developed since the early 16th century,when Spanish colonizers created the Province of Santa Marta and the Province of New Andalucia. The countries share a history of achieving their independence under Simón Bolívar and becoming one nation—the Gran Colombia—which dissolved in the 19th century. Since then,the overall relationship between the two countries has oscillated between cooperation and bilateral struggle.
Armando Alberto Benedetti Villaneda is a Colombian politician. He served as Senator of Colombia from 2006 to 2022 and Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 2002 to 2006.
Iván Duque Márquez is a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the president of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. He was elected as the candidate from the Democratic Centre Party in the 2018 Colombian presidential election. Backed by his mentor,former president and powerful senator Álvaro Uribe,he was elected despite having been relatively unknown a year before the election. He ran on a platform that included opposing Juan Manuel Santos' peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla group. After Duque's term came to an end,he was succeeded by Gustavo Petro on 7 August 2022,after Petro won the runoff round in the 2022 Colombian presidential election.
Francia Elena Márquez Mina is a Colombian human-rights and environmental activist and lawyer,who is the 13th and current Vice President of Colombia. She was born in Yolombó,a village in the Suarez municipality in Cauca Department. She first became an activist at 13,when construction of a dam threatened her community. On taking office,she became the first Afro-Colombian vice president in the country's history. She is also the second woman to hold the post,after Marta Lucía Ramírez. In August 2020,Márquez announced her candidacy in the 2022 Colombian presidential election and sought the nomination for the Historic Pact for Colombia coalition. She was later chosen by the coalition's nominee,Gustavo Petro,to be his running mate. In 2023 she was also appointed as Minister for Equality and Equity.
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022,with a runoff on 19 June 2022 as no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first round of voting. Iván Duque,who was elected president in 2018,was ineligible to run due to term limits. Gustavo Petro,a senator,former Mayor of Bogota,and runner-up in the 2018 election,defeated Rodolfo Hernández Suárez,former mayor of Bucaramanga,in the runoff election. Petro's victory made him the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia,and his running mate,Francia Márquez,is the first Afro-Colombian elected to the vice-presidency,as well as the second female vice-president overall.
The Historic Pact for Colombia is a political and electoral coalition in Colombia composed of political parties and social movements with ideologies ranging from the centre-left,left-wing,and far-left. It is the current Government Coalition in Colombia after the 2022 presidential elections.
This page lists public opinion polls conducted for the 2022 Colombian presidential election,the first round of which was held on 29 May. Because no candidate won a majority,a second round was held on 19 June between the top two candidates,Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández Suárez.
Verónica del Socorro Alcocer García is a Colombian philanthropist and the current First Lady of Colombia since 2022,as the third wife of President Gustavo Petro.
Gustavo Petro assumed office as President of Colombia on August 7,2022. The President has the power to nominate members of his Cabinet at his own discretion,in accordance with the Constitution of Colombia.
Álvaro Leyva Durán is a Colombian lawyer,economist,politician,human rights defender and diplomat. He has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia in the government of Gustavo Petro since 7 August 2022. On 7 February 2024,he was suspended from his ministerial position for three months over an investigation into potential violations of procurement laws.
Hernando Alfonso Prada Gil is a Colombian lawyer,university professor and politician,and was Minister of the Interior from 7 August 2022 to 26 April 2023.
Gustavo Petro's term as the 34th president of Colombia began with his inauguration on 7 August 2022. Petro who previously served as mayor of Bogotá,took office after his victory in the 2022 presidential election over the self-proclaimed "anti-corruption leader" Rodolfo Hernández. Petro took office amid the political shadow of his predecessor,an economic crisis and increased political polarization.
Diana Carolina Corcho Mejía is a Colombian doctor,psychiatrist and political scientist. having served as Minister of Health and Social Protection from August 7,2022 to April 26,2023.
The Chief of Staff of the Presidency is the head of the Executive Office of the President of Colombia and a position in the cabinet of the national government of Colombia.
The General Director of Social Prosperity is the head of the Administrative Department for Social Prosperity,in charge of the formulation,direction,coordination and execution of programs and projects for social inclusion and reconciliation in Colombia.
