Ministry of Health and Social Protection
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social
Ministry overview
Formed4 May 2011 (2011-05-04)[1]
Preceding Ministry
JurisdictionColombia
HeadquartersCarrera 13 № 32-76
Bogotá, Colombia
04°37′11.92″N 74°04′05.69″W / 4.6199778°N 74.0682472°W / 4.6199778; -74.0682472
Annual budgetCOP$10,484,950,978,716 (2013)[2]
COP$11,174,046,764,741 (2014)[3]
Ministry executive
Websitewww.minsalud.gov.co

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]

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 ministries 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.

List of ministers health and social protection

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:

Name Assumed office Left office President(s) served under
Juan Luis Londoño August 7, 2003 February 6, 2003 Álvaro Uribe
Diego Palacio Betancourt February 10, 2003 August 7, 2010
Mauricio Santa María August 7, 2010 January 24, 2012 Juan Manuel Santos
Beatriz Londoño Soto January 24, 2012 September 3, 2012
Alejandro Gaviria Uribe September 3, 2012 August 7, 2018
Juan Pablo Uribe August 7, 2018 February 7, 2020 Iván Duque
Fernando Ruiz Gómez March 3, 2020 August 7, 2022
Carolina Corcho August 7, 2022 January 5, 2023 Gustavo Petro
Guillermo Jaramillo April 26, 2023 present

References

  1. ^ Colombia, Congress of (4 May 2011). "Ley 1444 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). No. 48, 059. Bogotá. p. 1. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). No. 48, 640. Bogotá. p. 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). No. 49, 001. Bogotá. p. 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. December 27, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07 – via Wayback Machine.


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