Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Colombia)

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Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible
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Ministry overview
Formed4 May 2011 (2011-05-04) [1]
Preceding Ministry
HeadquartersCalle 37 № 8-40
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
04°37′31.31″N74°04′00.97″W / 4.6253639°N 74.0669361°W / 4.6253639; -74.0669361
Annual budget COL$274,026,392,000 (2013) [2]
COP$318,331,457,988 (2014) [3]
Ministry executive
  • Minister
Website www.minambiente.gov.co

The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Spanish : Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia in charge of formulating, implementing, and orienting environmental policy to ensure the sustainable development of the country. [4]

List of Ministers

NameAssumed officeLeft office President(s) served under
Manuel Rodríguez BecerraNovember 6, 1993January 8, 1996 César Gaviria
Cecilia López January 8, 1996April 4, 1997 Ernesto Samper
Eduardo Verano de la Rosa April 4, 1997August 7, 1998
Juan Mayr August 7, 1998August 7, 2002 Andrés Pastrana
Cecilia RodríguezAugust 7, 2002October 28, 2003 Álvaro Uribe
Sandra SuárezOctober 28, 2003August 7, 2007
Juan Lozano Ramírez August 7, 2007May 23, 2008
Carlos CostaMay 23, 2008August 7, 2010
Beatriz Uribe August 7, 2010September 27, 2011 Juan Manuel Santos
Frank Pearl September 27, 2011September 21, 2012
Juan Gabriel Uribe September 21, 2012September 11, 2013
Luz Helena Sarmiento September 11, 2013August 11, 2014
Gabriel VallejoAugust 11, 2014April 26, 2016
Luis Gilberto Murillo April 26, 2016August 7, 2018
Ricardo Lozano August 7, 2018October 4, 2020 Iván Duque
Carlos Eduardo CorreaOctober 4, 2020August 7, 2022
Susana Muhamad August 7, 2022February 9, 2025 Gustavo Petro

References

  1. Colombia, Congress of (4 May 2011). "Ley 1444 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 059). Bogotá: 2. ISSN   0122-2112. OCLC   500057889 . Retrieved 6 May 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 640). Bogotá: 13. ISSN   0122-2112. OCLC   500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (49, 001). Bogotá: 29. ISSN   0122-2112. OCLC   500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. "Misión y Visión". Sobre el Ministerio (in Spanish). Colombia, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 7 May 2013.