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During the first term of President Álvaro Uribe, beginning in
2002, ministries were restructured. The President closed and
merged ministries to reduce bureaucracy while assigning duties of
suppressed ministries to Administrative Departments (i.e. the DAS, which is a form of an Administrative
Department).
Here's a list of the current 13 Ministries of the Executive
Branch of Colomba's government (in the correct Order of
Precedence):
- Ministerio de Interior y de Justicia
(Ministry of the Interior and Justice, official website at <www.mij.gov.co>)
- Merging of Ministerio del Interior (Ministry of Interior) and
Ministerio de Justicia (Ministry of Justice) to create a unified
Ministry.
- Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, official website at <www.minrelext.gov.co>).
- Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público (Ministry of Finance
and Public Credit, official website at <www.minhacienda.gov.co>)
- Ministerio de Defensa Nacional (Ministry
of National Defense, official website at <www.mindefensa.gov.co>)
- Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, official website at <www.minagricultura.gov.co>)
- Ministerio de Protección Social (Ministry of Social
Protection, official website at <www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co>)
- Merging of Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) and
Ministerio del Trabajo (Ministry of Labor) to create a unified
ministry
- Ministerio de Minas y Energía (Ministry of Mines and Energy,
official website at <www.minminas.gov.co>)
- Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of
Commerce, Industry and Tourism, official website at <www.mincomercio.gov.co>)
- Renamed after absorbing several Departamentos Administrativos
(Administrative Departments)
- Ministerio de Educación Nacional (Ministry of National
Eduction, official website at <www.mineducacion.gov.co>)
- Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial
(Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Regional Development,
official website at <www.minambiente.gov.co>)
- Absorbed the Ministerio de Desarrollo (Ministry of Development)
- Ministerio de Comunicaciones (Ministry of Communications,
official website at <www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co>)
- Ministerio de Transporte (Minisitry of
Transport, official website at <www.mintransporte.gov.co>)
- Ministerio de Cultura (Ministry of Culture, official website at
<www.mincultura.gov.co>).
For further and historic reference of the evolution of Ministries
in the Colombian government see wikipedia.
Source: Colombian
Presidency official website.
E. R., 3 August 2008
List of entities in the Executive Branch of Colombia can be
seen at wikipedia.
Please notice that this is list is based on the areas they cover
according to the Ministries that actually exist in Colombia. Also
this list includes many publicly owned companies, that may be in
the process of being offered by the government to private
investors.
E. R., 4 August 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec, 14 September 2006
The flag of the Ministerio de Defensa Nacional (Ministry of
National Defense). Its official website located at <www.mindefensa.gov.co>.
E. R., 14 September 2006
Variant
image by Eugene Ipavec,
I saw a picture showing a variant of the already existing flag
of the Ministry of National Defense. The flag includes the words
Ministerio de Defensa Nacional.
Source: <www.esinf.mil.co>.
E. R., 5 July 2007
image by Eugene Ipavec, 22 March 2009
The flag of the Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público
(Ministry of Finance and Public Credit) is yellow with the
Logotype of the letters M, H and C for "Ministerio",
"Hacienda", "Crédito".
The Ministry is in charge of designing, coordinating, regulating
and executing the economic, monetary and fiscal policies for
Colombia in order to improve economic and social development.
website at <www.minhacienda.gov.co>.
Source: Photo at
CM&
TV news.
E. R., 22 March 2009
image by Eugene Ipavec, 1 June 2006
Yesterday I saw a broadcast on TV of Minister Sabas Pretelt de
La Vega, the current Minister of Interior and Justice. On the
background there was the flag of this Ministry. The flag is the
Colombian tricolor, with the Coat of Arms on the middle, bordered
by a red fringe, with the words REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA, in yellow,
capitals, inside the fringe, and on the bottom it reads
MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR Y DE JUSTICIA, also in yellow.
The official websites of this Ministry are: <www.mininteriorjusticia.gov.co>,
<www.mij.gov.co>.
E. R., 1 June 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec, 8 July 2006
I recently saw on the entrance of the Airport Jose Maria
Cordova in the Municipality of RIonegro (Department of
Antioquia), the flag of the Ministerio de Transporte (Ministry of
Transportation). The flag is a horizontal shape flag, all yellow
(the same shade as the Colombian national flag) and it has a
black diagonal line going from the bottom hoist to the top fly.
The width of this stripe is the same as the small circular logo.
Official website:<www.mintrasnporte.gov.co>.
E. R., 19 June 2006
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of
Commerce, Industry and Tourism) was established in 2002, and its
functions were outlined by decree No. 210, of February 3, 2003.
It was emerged from the merger of the Ministerio de Comercio
Exterior (Ministry of External Trade) and the Ministerio de
Desarrollo Económico (Ministry of Economic Development).
The emblem of the Ministry of Economic Development, was designed
by Designer Dicken Castro, in 1968. The emblem can be found at
<www.proyectod.com>.
E. R., 23 August 2008
The full list of the current six Departamentos Administrativos
(Administrative Departments) is as follows:
- DAPR - Departamento Administrativo de la Presidencia de la
República (Administrative Department of the Presidency of the
Republic, offiical website at <www.presidencia.gov.co>)
- DAFP - Departamento Administrativo de la Función Pública
(Public Service Administrative Department, official website at
<www.dafp.gov.co>)
- DANE - Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
(National Statistics Administrative Department, official website
at <www.dane.gov.co>)
- DANSOCIAL - Departamento Administrativo de Economía Solidaria
(Solidarian Economy Administrative Department, official website
at <www.dansocial.gov.co>)
- DAS - Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad
(Security Administrative Department)
- DNP - Departamento Nacional de Planeación, official
abbreviation (National Planning Department, official website <www.dnp.gov.co>).
Sources: Colombian
Presidency official web site, Ministry
of Interior and Justice official web site.
E. R., 3 August 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec, 9 November 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 9 November 2005
reverse
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 March 2006
.jpg)
Coat of Arms
image contributed by E. R., 12 June 2005
Translated from <www.das.gov.co>
(located by Dov Gutterman): "On rectangular shape,
is formed by sky blue and white colors in two equal horizontal
bands, with sky blue on top and white on bottom, the national
tricolor will appear in circular 'cucarda' shape in the center of
the flag."
Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (Administrative Security
Department), is Colombia's secret police, in charge of home land
security, immigration, emigration, bodyguards for public
servants, criminal investigations, etc.
Carlos Thompson, 5 November 2004
Coat of Arms of DAS (Security, Intelligence and Secret
Service) is taken from the book "Himnos y Símbolos de
Nuestra Colombia" , page 278. Written in 2000 by Julio Cesar
García, edited by Camer Editores. ISBN 958-33-1489-7.
E. R., 12 June 2005
There is an additional flag which has the same color pattern,
only with the DAS Coat of Arms in the middle.
E. R., 9 November 2005
List of Superintendencies (total of 10) in no particular
order:
- Superintendencia de Subsidio Familiar (Family Subsidy
Superintendency, official website at <www.ssf.gov.co>)
- Superintendencia de Economía Solidaria (Solidarian Economy
Superintendency, official website at <www.supersolidaria.gov.co>)
- Superintendencia Nacional de Salud (National Health
Superintendency, official website at <www.supersalud.gov.co>)
- Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (Industry and Commerce
Superintendency, official website at <www.sic.gov.co>)
- Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (Fnancial
Superintendency of Colombia, official website at <www.superfinanciera.gov.co>).
Merger of Superintendencia Bancaria de Colombia (Colombian
Banking Superintendency) and Superintendencia de Valores
(Securities Superintendency)
- Superintendencia de Sociedades (Societies
Sperintendency)
- Superintendencia de Vigilancia y Seguridad Privada (Vigilance
and Private Security Superintendency, official website at <www.supervigilancia.gov.co>)
- Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro
(Notary and Registry Sperintendency)
- Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios (Public
Domiciliary Services Superintendency, official website at <www.superservicios.gov.co>)
- Superintendencia de Puertos y Transporte (Ports and
Transportation Superintendency, official website at <www.supertransporte.gov.co>).
E. R., 4 August 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 January 2008
The flag of the Superintendencia de Sociedades (Societies
Superintendency), official website at <www.supersociedades.gov.co>.
It is a technical organization of the Colombian government. It is
one of ten such organizations in charge of the inspection,
control and surveillance of its own aspect.
Source: Caracol news channel (<www.caracolnoticas.com>),
TV caps taken on July 25, 2006.
E.R., 24 January 2008
image by Eugene Ipavec,
I saw on the news on August 27, 2008 and during the news
edition, I saw the flag of the Superintendencia de Notariado y
Registro (Superintendency of Notary and Registry, official web
site at <www.supernotariado.gov.co>).
It is a technical organization part of the Ministry of
Interior and Justice and is in charge of the inspection,
control and surveillance of Notary's documentation and public
documents regulation.
The flag is the logo on a white backrgound. The Logo can be seen
at <www.mastersoftcolombia.com>.
Its motto is LA GUARDIA DE LA FE PUBLICA (The Guardian of Public
Faith) and on the logo it reads LA FE PUBLICA.
E.R., 30 August 2008
The Colombian Judicial system has four High Courts, which are:
- Corte Constitucional (Constitutional Court): Established by the
1991 Political Constitution, composed by seven Magistrates and
it's in charge of safekeeping the principles of the Constitution
and the Constitutionality of the administrative actions of the
government. Its official website is <www.constitucional.gov.co>
- Corte Suprema de Justicia (Supreme Court of Justice): Since the
Colombian first declaration of independence (July 20, 1810) and
the establishment of several independent States like Tunja (1811), Antioquia
(1812), Cartagena de Indias (1812) and
Cundinamarca (1812), each State had its
own organ in charge of the administration of justice. Later, when
several States established the Provincias Unidad de la Nueva
Granada (United Provinces on New Granada),
on September 23rd, 1814, the Alto Tribunal de Justicia (High
Tribunal of Justice) was established. Later during the Republic
of Colombia (better known as the Great
Colombia, a Court was created in the Constitution of 1821 of
August 30, named Alta Corte de Justicia (High Court of Justice).
Later, when the Great Colombia dissolved, the Republic of New Granada was formed, and on
its Constitution of 1832 of February 29, the Corte Suprema de
Justicia (Supreme Court) was established. Then on May 20, 1853
during the period of the Republic of New Granada, the Corte
Suprema de la Nación (Nation Supreme Court) is established. Then
during the period of the Grenadine
Confederation on the Constitution of 1858 of May 22, the
Courte Suprema (Supreme Court) was the organ in charge. Then
during the period of the Estados Unidos de Colombia (United States of Colombia) the
Constitution of May 8, 1863 established the Corte Suprema Federal
(Supreme Federal Court). Then on the establishment of the
República de Colombia (Republic of Colombia) on the Constitution
of August 4, 1886, the organ was renamed Corte Suprema de
Justicia (Supreme Court of Justice). This Court was based on the
Spanish Law of its Appeal Court of 1885, which at the same time
was inspired on the French Appeal Court. It currently is made up
of seven Magistrates.
- Consejo de Estado (Council of State): It was first established
by Simón Bolívar by Presidential Decree as President of the
Republic of Venezuela in the city of Angostura (now called Ciudad Bolívar , on the Department of
Bolivar, of the Republic of Venezuela), on October 30,
1817 and it was based on the same institution created by Napoleon
in France back in 1799. It was an organ that replaced the
citizens in the popular election bodies (democratic bodies) and
help to make decisions at a State level. On the 1821 Constitution
it worked as the Consejo de Gobierno (Government Council). On
August 27, 1828, under Decree by Simón Bolívar the rules for
the Consejo de Estado are established, changing only the number
of representatives in the 1830 Constitution . The 1832
Constitution changes the number of Representatives and also
establishes the Consejo de Gobierno. The 1843 Constitution
supresses the Consejo de Estado but allows the Consejo de
Gobierno, which remained during the 1858 Constitution as well.
During the periods of the Confederación Granadina (Grenadine
Confederation, 1856-1861), the Estados Unidos de Nueva Granada
(United States of New Granada, 1861) and the Estados Unidos de
Colombia (United States of Colombia, 1861-1886) there is no
mention of either the Consejo de Estado or Consejo de Gobierno.
In the 1886 Constittuion it reappears as Consejo de Estado
working as a consultant organ and also preparing the Acts to pass
to Congress. Later during the dictatorship of Rafael Reyes, the
Consejo de Estado was abolished by Constitutional Ammendment No.
10, of 1905. Then by Constitutional Ammendment of September 10,
1914 the establishment of the Consejo de Estado is permanent
being the highest consultant government body in terms of
administrative issues.
- Consejo Superior de la Judicatura (Judiciary Superior Council):
It was established in the Constitution of 1991, although several
attempts were made to establish an organ of such carachteristics
back in the 1970's and 1980's. It is in charge of the
administration of justice, that is, the supervision of all judges
around the country.
Source: Rama Judicial (Judiciary Branch) official
website at <www.ramajudicial.gov.co>.
E. R., 10 September 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 September 2006
I recently saw the flag of the Corte Constitucional
(Constitutional Court) of Colombia on August 15, 2006, on the TV
news channel Caracol
Noticias.
E. R., 10 September 2006
