Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Colombia)

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Spanish: Ministerio de Salud y de Protección Social) is one of the sixteen national executive ministries of the Government of Colombia, and is responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to health and social security.[4]

Ministry of Health and Social Protection
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social
Ministry overview
Formed4 May 2011 (2011-05-04)[1]
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Social Protection
JurisdictionColombia
HeadquartersCarrera 13 № 32-76
Bogotá, Colombia
04°37′11.92″N 74°04′05.69″W
Annual budgetCOP$10,484,950,978,716 (2013)[2]
COP$11,174,046,764,741 (2014)[3]
Ministry executive
  • Carolina Corcho, Minister
Websitewww.minsalud.gov.co

History

Upon assuming the Presidency of the Republic in his first term (2002-2006), President Álvaro Uribe Vélez decided to merge the Ministries of Health and Labor into the Ministry of Social Protection.[5]

The two ministrys that made up the Ministry of Social Protection were the Ministry of Labor, created by Law 96 of 1938, and the Ministry of Health, created under the name of Ministry of Hygiene by Law 27 of 1946 and later called the Ministry of Health.

With the passage of Law 1444 of 2011, the Ministry of Social Protection was split into two; according to article 7 of said law, the Ministry of Social Protection was transformed into the Ministry of Labor, and according to article 9 of the same law, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection was created.

Location

Previously, when the Ministry of Social Protection had not been separated, it was located at Carrera 13 No. 32-76 in the city of Bogotá . Currently the Ministry of Health is located at the same address, while the Ministry of Labor has its headquarters at Carrera 14 No. 99-33.

Ministers

Below is a table of all past ministers, the time in which they served and the presidents who appointed them into office. Noted that the head of Ministry of Social Protection prior to 2011 is also listed:

Time in office Name of Ministers Appointed by
08/07/2003 - 02/06/2003 Juan Luis Londoño Álvaro Uribe Vélez
02/10/2003 - 08/07/2010 Diego Palacio Betancourt Álvaro Uribe Vélez
08/07/2010 - 01/24/2012 Mauricio Santa María Salamanca Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
01/24/2012 - 09/03/2012 Beatriz Londoño Soto Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
09/03/2012 - 08/07/2018 Alejandro Gaviria Uribe Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
08/07/2018 - 02/07/2020 Juan Pablo Uribe Iván Duque
03/03/2020 - 08/07/2022 Fernando Ruiz Gómez Iván Duque
08/07/2022 - present Carolina Corcho Gustavo Petro

References
  1. 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.
  2. Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (48, 640): 16. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (49, 001): 14. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. "Objetivos y Funciones". minsalud (in Spanish). June 26, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-26.
  5. "Fusión de entidades u organismos nacionales y de ministerios" (PDF). Government of the Republic of Colombia (Law 790 of 2002, art 5). December 27, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07 – via Wayback Machine.
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