| Ministry of National Defence | |
|---|---|
| Ministerio de Defensa Nacional | |
| Ministry overview | |
| Formed | June 12, 1965 |
| Preceding Ministry | Ministry of War |
| Headquarters | Carrera 54 № 26–25 CAN Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Annual budget | COP$9,963,790,964,941 (est. 2010)[1] |
| Ministry executives | Rodrigo Rivera Salazar, Minister Jorge Mario Eastman Robledo, Deputy Minister for Foreign Policy and Affairs Yaneth Giha Tovar, Deputy Minister for Strategy and Planning Fernando Tapias Stahelin, Deputy Minister GSED |
| Website | |
| www.mindefensa.gov.co | |
The Ministry of National Defence (Spanish: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional), is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the armed forces of Colombia, similar to the defense ministries in other countries. It is composed by the National Army, National Armada and Air Force and the National Police.
| Minister (a) | Period |
|---|---|
| Gral. Pedro Briceño Méndez | 1821-1825 |
| Gral. Carlos Soublette | 1825-1828 |
| Gral. Rafael Urdaneta | 1828-1829 |
| Gral. Pedro Alcántara Herrán | 1830 |
| Gral. José Miguel Pey | 1830-1831 |
| Gral. José Marìa Obando | 1831-1832 |
| Gral. José Hilario López | 1832-1833 |
| Gral. Antonio Obando | 1833-1837 |
| Gral. José Hilario López | 1837-1838 |
| Gral. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | 1838-1840 |
| Gral. José Acevedo | 1841-1845 |
| Gral. Joaquin Paris | 1845 |
| Gral. Juan María Gómez | 1845-1846 |
| Gral. Joaquín Barriga | 1846-1849 |
| Gral. Tomás Herrera | 1849-1850 |
| Gral. Valerio Barriga | 1851-1853 |
| Cnel. Santiago Frasser | 1853 |
| Gral. Pedro Alcántara Herrán | 1854-1855 |
| Gral. José María Ortega | 1856-1861 |
| Gral. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | 1861-1863 |
| Gral. Rafael Mendoza | 1864 |
| Gral. Francisco Barriga | 1864-1866 |
| Gral. Rudesindo López | 1866-1867 |
| Gral. Sergio Camargo | 1868-1870 |
| Gral. Santos Acosta | 1871-1872 |
| Gral. Ramón Santodomingo Vila | 1873-1875 |
| Gral. Santos Acosta | 1875-1876 |
| Gral. Fernando Ponce | 1877 |
| Gral. Ezequiel Hurtado | 1878-1879 |
| Gral. Eliseo Payan | 1880-1882 |
| Gral. Juan Mateus | 1882-1884 |
| Gral. José María Campo | 1884-1886 |
| Gral. Leopoldo Cuervo | 1887-1890 |
| Gral. Olegario Rivera | 1890-1892 |
| Gral. Antonio Cuervo | 1893-1895 |
| Gral. Pedro Rivera | 1896-1898 |
| Gral. Jorge Holguin | 1899 |
| Gral. José Santos | 1900 |
| Gral. Próspero Pinzón | 1900 |
| Gral. José Domingo Ospina | 1900-1901 |
| Gral. Ramón González Valencia | 1901 |
| Gral. Pedro Nel Ospina | 1901 |
| José Vicente Concha Ferreira | 1901-1902 |
| Gral. Aristides Fernández | 1902-1903 |
| Gral. Alfredo Vásquez Cobo | 1903-1904 |
| Gral. Diego Castro | 1904-1905 |
| Gral. Diego Euclides de Angulo | 1905-1906 |
| Manuel Castro | 1906 |
| Gral. Manuel María Sanclemente | 1906-1908 |
| Gral. Víctor Calderón | 1908-1909 |
| Gral. Nicolás Perdomo | 1909 |
| Gral. Alfredo Vásquez Cobo | 1909 |
| Gral. Jorge Marcelo Holguín Mallarino | 1909 |
| Gral. Diego Euclides de Angulo | 1909 |
| Gral. Luis Enrique Bonilla | 1909 |
| Gral. Pedro Rivera | 1909 |
| José Medina Calderón | 1909-1910 |
| Juan Bautista Valencia | 1910 |
| Gral. Mariano Ospina Vásquez | 1910-1911 |
| Gral. José Manuel Araújo | 1911-1914 |
| Gral. Isaías Luján | 1914-1915 |
| Guillermo Valencia Castillo | 1915 |
| Gral. Pedro Justo Berrío | 1915 |
| Antonio José Cadavid | 1915-1916 |
| Gral. Salvador Franco | 1916-1918 |
| Jorge Roa | 1918-1921 |
| Bonifacio Vélez | 1921 |
| Aristóbulo Archila | 1921-1922 |
| Carlos Vélez Daníes | 1922 |
| José Ulises Osorio | 1922-1923 |
| Gral. Alfonso Jaramillo | 1923-1924 |
| Gral. Carlos Jaramillo Isaza | 1924-1925 |
| Francisco Solórzano | 1925-1926 |
| Ignacio Rengifo | 1926-1929 |
| Alejandro Cabal Pombo | 1929 |
| Gral. José Joaquín Villamizar | 1929 |
| Gral. Agustín Morales Olaya | 1929-1931 |
| Carlos Adolfo Urueta | 1931-1932 |
| Carlos Arango Vélez | 1932-1934 |
| Cptán. Carlos Uribe Gaviria | 1934 |
| Alberto Pumarejo | 1934 |
| Marco Aurelio Auli | 1934-1935 |
| Benito Hernandez Bustos | 1935-1936 |
| Plinio Mendoza Neira | 1936-1937 |
| Alberto Pumarejo | 1937-1938 |
| José Joaquín Castro Martínez | 1938-1939 |
| Gonzalo Restrepo | 1939-1942 |
| Alejandro Galvis Galvis | 1942-1943 |
| Ramón Santodomingo | 1943 |
| Alberto Arango Tavera | 1943 |
| Gonzalo Restrepo | 1943-1944 |
| Gral. Domingo Espinel | 1944-1945 |
| Luis Tamayo | 1945-1946 |
| Carlos Sánz de Santamaría | 1946-1947 |
| Fabio Lozano y Lozano | 1947-1948 |
| Fernando Londoño y Londoño | 1948 |
| Teniente General Germán Ocampo Herrera | 1948-1949 |
| Eduardo Zuleta Àngel | 1949 |
| Gral. Rafael Sánchez Amaya | 1949-1950 |
| Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez | 1950-1951 |
| José María Bernal | 1951-1953 |
| Lucio Pabón Núñez | 1953 |
| Gral. Gustavo Berrío | 1953-1954 |
| Gral. Gabriel París Gordillo | 1954-1957 |
| Gral. Alfonso Saiz | 1957-1959 |
| Gral. Rafael Hernández | 1959-1962 |
| Gral. Alberto Ruiz Novoa | 1962-1965 |
| Gral. Gabriel Rebeiz | 1965-1967 |
| Gral. Gerardo Ayerbe Chaux | 1967-1970 |
| Gral. Hernando Currea | 1970-1974 |
| Gral. Abraham Varón | 1974-1978 |
| Gral. Luis Carlos Camacho Leyva | 1978-1982 |
| Gral. Fernando Landazábal Reyes | 1982-1984 |
| Gral. Gustavo Matamoros D`Costa | 1984-1985 |
| Gral. Miguel Vega Uribe | 1985-1986 |
| Gral. Rafael Samudio Molina | 1986-1988 |
| Gral. Manuel Jaime Guerrero Paz | 1988-1989 |
| Gral. Oscar Botero Restrepo | 1989-1991 |
| Rafael Pardo Rueda | 1991-1994 |
| Fernando Botero Zea | 1994-1995 |
| Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero | 1995-1997 |
| Guillermo Alberto González Mosquera | 1997 |
| Gilberto Echeverri Mejía | 1997-1998 |
| Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo | 1998-1999 |
| Luis Fernando Ramirez Acuña | 1999-2001 |
| Gustavo Bell Lemus | 2001-2002 |
| Martha Lucía Ramírez de Rincón | 2002-2003 |
| Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarría | 2003-2005 |
| Camilo Ospina Bernal | 2005-2006 |
| Juan Manuel Santos Calderón | 2006-2009 |
| Freddy Padilla de León | 2009-2009 |
| Gabriel Silva Luján | 2009-2010 |
| Rodrigo Rivera Salazar | 2010-present |