Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Palace of St Charles, headquarters of the Ministry.
Ministry overview
Formed	6 October 1821
Headquarters	Palacio de San Carlos Calle 10 № 5-51 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 04°35′47.10″N 74°04′28.30″W / 4.5964167°N 74.0745278°W
Annual budget	COP$226,965,457,533 (2012)[1] COP$234,237,000,000 (2013)[2] COP$268,566,000,000 (2014)[3]
Ministry executives	María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, Minister Patti Londoño Jaramillo, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Carlos Arturo Morales López, Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs
Website	www.cancilleria.gov.co

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spanish: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) also known as the Chancellery, is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the foreign relations of Colombia through its diplomatic missions abroad by formulating foreign policy relevant to the matters of the State. It is equivalent to the foreign affairs ministries of other countries.

Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Republic of Colombia (1819—1831)

No.	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Took Office	Left Office	President
1	Pedro Gual Escandón	1821	1825	Simón Bolívar Palacios
2	José Rafael Revenga	1825	1826
3	José Manuel Restrepo Veléz	1826	1827
4	José Rafael Revenga	1827	1828
5	Estanislao Vergara y Santamaría	1828	1828
6	José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri	1828	1829
7	Estanislao Vergara y Santamaría	1829	1830
8	Domingo Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría	1830	1830
9	Vicente Borrero Costa	1830	1831	Joaquín de Mosquera y Arboleda
10	Juan García del Río	1831	1831
11	José María del Castillo y Rada	1831	1831
12	José Félix Restrepo Vélez	1831	1831
13	José Francisco Pereira Martínez	1831	1832	Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña

Republic of New Granada (1832—1858)

No.	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Took Office	Left Office	President
1	José Francisco Pereira Martínez	24 October 1831	3 April 1832	Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña
2	Alejandro Vélez Barrientos	3 April 1832	3 April 1833
3	José Rafael Mosquera Hurtado	3 April 1833	1 August 1833
4	Lino de Pombo O'Donnell	1 August 1833	14 July 1835
5	Francisco Soto Montes de Oca	14 July 1835	4 September 1835
6	Lino de Pombo O'Donnell	4 September 1835	23 March 1836
7	José Nazario Florentino González Vargas	23 March 1836	3 May 1836
8	Lino de Pombo O'Donnell	3 May 1836	15 May 1838	José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto
9	Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez	15 May 1838	16 July 1839
10	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda	16 July 1839	30 July 1839
11	Alejandro Vélez Barrientos	30 July 1839	28 January 1840
12	Eusebio Borrero y Costa	28 January 1840	18 May 1840
13	Miguel Chiari Jiménez	18 May 1840	27 May 1840
14	Judas Tadeo Landínez	27 May 1840	21 September 1840
15	Lino de Pombo O'Donnell	21 September 1840	9 October 1840
16	Miguel Chiari Jiménez	9 October 1840	13 May 1841
17	Mariano Ospina Rodríguez	13 May 1841	2 October 1843	Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez
18	Tomás Joaquín de Acosta y Pérez de Guzmán	2 October 1843	1 April 1845
19	Juan María Gómez Pastor	1 April 1845	9 October 1849	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda
20	Eusebio Borrero y Costa	9 October 1849	28 May 1846
21	Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen	28 May 1846	7 July 1846
22	Juan Antonio Pardo Pardo	7 July 1846	13 October 1846
23	Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen	13 October 1846	20 July 1847
24	Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra	20 July 1847	7 February 1848
25	Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen	7 February 1848	19 June 1848
26	José María Galaviz	19 June 1848	5 December 1848
27	Justo Arosemena Quesada	5 December 1848	12 January 1849
28	Cerbeleón Pinzón	12 January 1849	1 April 1849
29	Manuel Murillo Toro	1 April 1849	16 May 1849	José Hilario López Valdéz
30	José Acevedo Tejada	16 May 1849	7 June 1849
31	Victoriano de Diego Paredes y Paramato	7 June 1849	1 November 1851
32	José María Plata Soto	1 November 1851	1 March 1853
33	Lorenzo María Lleras González	1 March 1853	26 November 1853	José María Obando del Campo
34	José Caicedo Rojas	26 November 1853	1 January 1854
35	Cerbeleón Pinzón	1 January 1854	1 April 1855
36	Lino de Pombo O'Donnell	1 April 1855	1 April 1857
37	Juan Antonio Pardo Pardo	1 April 1857	1 April 1861	Mariano Ospina Rodríguez
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Granadine Confederation (1858—1863)

No.	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Took Office	Left Office	President
1	Juan Antonio Pardo Pardo	1 April 1857	1 April 1861	Mariano Ospina Rodríguez
2	Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen	1 April 1861	18 July 1861	Bartolomé Calvo Díaz
3	José María Rojas Garrido	18 July 1861	23 November 1861	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda
4	Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra	23 November 1861	1 December 1862
5	José María Rojas Garrido	1 December 1862	10 February 1863
6	José Hilario López Valdéz	10 February 1863	14 May 1863
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United States of Colombia (1863—1886)

Term start	Term end	Minister of Foreign Affairs
1882	1882	Jose Maria Quijnao Wallis

Republic of Colombia (1886—present)

Term start	Term end	Minister of Foreign Affairs
1887	1888	Carlos Holguín Mallarino
1891	1891	Antonio Roldán
1891	1895	Marco Fidel Suárez
1895	1896	José Maria Uricoechea
1897	1898	Jorge Holguín
1897	1898	Antonio Gómez Restrepo
1898	1899	Felipe Fermín Paul
1899	1900	Carlos Cuervo Márquez
1900	1901	Carlos Martínez Silva
1901	1902	Antonio José Uribe
1902	1903	Felipe F. Paúl
1903	1904	Luis Carlos Rico
1904	1904	Francisco de Paula Mateus
1904	1904	Enrique Cortés
1904	1906	Clímaco Calderón
1906	1908	Gral. Alfredo Vázquez Cobo
1908	1908	Gral. Marceliano Vargas
1908	1909	Francisco José Urrutia
1909	1909	Guillermo Camacho
1909	1909	Carlos Cuervo Márquez
1909	1909	Marco Fidel Suárez
1909	1910	Carlos Calderón
1910	1911	Enrique Olaya Herrera
1911	1912	José María González Valencia
1912	1914	Francisco José Urrutia
1914	1917	Miguel Abadía Méndez
1917	1918	Pedro Antonio Molina
1918	1918	Jorge Holguín
1918	1919	Pedro Antonio Molina
1919	1920	Hernando Holguín y Caro
1920	1920	Francisco Montaña
1920	1921	Laureano García Ortiz
1921	1921	José Vicente Concha
1921	1921	Carlos Adolfo Urueta
1921	1922	Enrique Olaya Herrera
1922	1922	Antonio José Uribe
1922	1922	Lucas Caballero Barrera
1922	1922	Carlos Adolfo Urueta
1922	1925	Jorge Vélez
1925	1926	Eduardo Restrepo Sáenz
1926	1927	Marco Fidel Suárez
1927	1930	Carlos Uribe
1930	1930	Francisco Samper Madrid
1930	1930	Eduardo Santos Montejo
1930	1931	Raimundo Rivas
1931	1935	Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez
1935	1935	Enrique Olaya Herrera
1935	1935	Francisco Samper Madrid
1935	1936	Ernesto González Piedrahita
1936	1937	Jorge Soto del Corral
1937	1938	Gabriel Turbay
1938	1938	Antonio Rocha
1938	1940	Francisco Samper Madrid
1940	1942	Luis López de Mesa
1942	1943	Gabriel Turbay
1943	1943	Francisco José Chaux
1943	1943	Gabriel Turbay
1943	1944	Carlos Lozano y Lozano
1944	1945	Darío Echandía Olaya
1945	1945	Alberto Lleras Camargo
1945	1946	Fernando Londoño y Londoño
1946	1946	Francisco Umaña Bernal
1946	1947	Carlos Lozano y Lozano
1947	1947	Luis López de Mesa
1947	1948	Domingo Esguerra Plata
1948	1948	Laureano Gómez Castro
1948	1949	Eduardo Zuleta Ángel
1949	1949	Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz
1949	1949	Eduardo Zuleta Ángel
1949	1950	Elíseo Arango Ramos
1950	1950	Evaristo Sourdis Juliao
1950	1952	Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo
1952	1953	Juan Uribe Holguín
1953	1953	Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz
1953	1956	Evaristo Sourdis Juliao
1956	1957	José Manuel Rivas Sacconi
1957	1958	Carlos Sanz de Santamaría
1958	1961	Julio César Turbay Ayala
1961	1962	José Joaquín Caicedo Castilla
1962	1963	José Antonio Montalvo
1963	1963	Fernando Londoño y Londoño
1963	1965	Fernando Gómez Martínez
1965	1966	Castor Jaramillo Arrubla
1966	1968	Germán Zea Hernández
1968	1970	Alfonso López Michelsen
1970	1974	Alfredo Vázquez Carrizosa
1974	1978	Indalecio Liévano Aguirre
1978	1981	Diego Uribe Vargas
1981	1982	Carlos Lemos Simmonds
1982	1984	Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo
1984	1986	Augusto Ramírez Ocampo
1986	1990	Cnel. Julio Londoño Paredes
1990	1991	Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa
1991	1994	Noemí Sanín Posada
1994	1996	Rodrigo Pardo García-Peña
1996	1998	María Emma Mejía Vélez
1998	1998	Camilo Reyes Rodríguez
1998	2002	Guillermo Fernández de Soto
2002	2006	Carolina Barco Isakson
2006	2007	María Consuelo Araújo Castro
2007	2008	Fernando Araújo Perdomo
2008	2010	Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde
2010	incumbent	María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar

References

1. Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (48,283): 5. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
2. Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (48,640): 4. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
3. Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (49,001): 6. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
4. Cadena, Pedro Ignacio (1878). Anales Diplomáticos de Colombia (in Spanish) (Official ed.). Bogotá: Imprenta de Manuel J. Barrera. pp. 33–34. OCLC 30428951. Retrieved 2 December 2012.