Ministry of Environment (Colombia)

Ministry of Environment
Ministerio de Ambiente
Agency overview
Formed 22 December 1993 (1993-12-22)
Preceding agency
Dissolved 27 December 2002 (2002-12-27)
Superseding agency
Type Environment
Jurisdiction Central government of Colombia
Headquarters Bogotá, D.C.
Key document

The Ministry of Environment was the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with determining and regulating the standards and guidelines for the protection of the environment, investigate and implement environmental policies.[1] As part of a wider cabinet reshuffle in 2002, the ministry was given the housing and land management portfolios, becoming the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.[2]

As of 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos talked about the need to separate the Ministry again to once again bring environmental protection and sustainability in par with the needs of the nation and its importance to government.[3]

Ministers

Order Period Ministers of Environment
1st 1994-1994 Manuel Rodríguez Becerra
2nd 1994–1995 Cecilia López Montaño
3rd 1995–1997 José Vicente Mogollón
4th 1997–1998 Eduardo Verano de la Rosa
5th 1998–2002 Juan Mayr Maldonado
6th 2002–2003 Cecilia Rodríguez González-Rubio

See also

References

  1. "Ley 99 de 1993" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development. 1993-12-22. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
  2. "Reactivación, Ahora Sí" [Reactivation, Now Yes]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2002-12-21.
  3. "Sandra Bessudo Será Ministra De Medio Ambiente Del Gobierno De Juan Manuel Santos" [Sandra Bessudo Will Be Minister of Environment of Juan Manuel Santos's Government]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
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