Ministry of Social Protection (Colombia)

Ministry of Social Protection

Ministerio de la Protección Social
Ministry overview
Formed	27 December 2002[1]
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Labour and Social Security Ministry of Health
Dissolved	4 May 2011[2]
Superseding agencies	Ministry of Labour Ministry of Health and Social Protection
Headquarters	Carrera 13 № 32-76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budget	COP$21,543,445,972,055 (2009)[3] COP$24,347,028,621,394 (2010)[4] COP$24,557,839,917,998 (2011)[5]
Website	www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co

The Ministry of Social Protection (Spanish: Ministerio de la Protección Social) was a national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to employment, labour, health and social security; it operated from 2002 to 2012.

Borne as part of a larger ministerial reform aimed at reducing the national operating budget, it consolidated the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Ministry of Health.^[1] It was eventually divided again into the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.^[2]

References

1. Colombia, Congress of (27 December 2002). "Ley 790 de 2002" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (45,046): 46. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
2. Colombia, Congress of (4 May 2011). "Ley 1444 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (48,059): 1. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
3. Colombia, Congress of (23 December 2008). "Ley 12605 de 2008" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (47,212): 17. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
4. Colombia, Congress of (21 December 2009). "Ley 1365 de 2009" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (47,570): 20. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
5. Colombia, Congress of (13 December 2009). "Ley 1420 de 2010" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (47,922): 16. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.