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Cabinet of Colombia

  • Spanish: Consejo de Ministros

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  • Heads the ministries and speaks for the government before Congress

    Ministers are heads of their administrative branch, formulate policy under the President and act as government spokesmen before Congress (Constitution Art. 208).

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  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution of 1991 with amendments through 2015 (English), read 2026-10-12: Arts. 112, 114, 115, 150, 171, 176, 189-190, 202, 208, 234-235, 239, 241 for the structure, selection and competences of the presidency, cabinet, Congress and high courts. Seat counts for the 2026-2030 Congress also from Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian parliamentary election (en.wikipedia.org), read 2026-10-12. Authority websites from the bodies themselves. For: Cabinet of Colombia
  • constituteproject.org · checked Spanish official names of the Colombian bodies and offices as used in the Constitution of 1991 and the bodies own sites, read 2026-10-12. Cabinet name Consejo de Ministros is marked unofficial (the Constitution calls it Gobierno Nacional). For: Cabinet of Colombia in Spanish
  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution 1991 as amended to 2015 (English), read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Heads the ministries and speaks for the government before Congress
  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution 1991 as amended to 2015, read 2026-10-12: selection method and seats of this office (Arts. 112, 171, 176, 189, 190, 202, 231, 239). Seat totals for 2026-2030 (Senate 100+2+1, Chamber 161+2+1+1+1+16+1) from Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian parliamentary election, read 2026-10-12, cross-checked with CNE declaration of the Senate (El Universal, 2026-07-14). Court sizes (9 and 23) from Law 270 of 1996, not re-read this run. For: Minister of the Interior, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice and Law, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Minister of National Defence and 13 more
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Council of Ministers of Colombia, read 2026-10-12: ministers and start dates (7 August 2026) of the De la Espriella government; Wikidata P39 statements cross-checked; Education minister change (Viviane Morales resigned, Ilva Myriam Hoyos) from Portafolio/RCN 2026-09-02/03. Fallback: Wikipedia/news, because presidencia.gov.co was not read this run. For: Rodrigo Lara Restrepo as Minister of the Interior, Omar Bula Escobar as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iván Cancino González as Minister of Justice and Law, Miguel Gómez Martínez as Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Jorge Eduardo Mora as Minister of National Defence and 13 more

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