The Colombian order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by National Law 1444 of 4 May 2011.

Order of precedence

Below is the current cabinet headed by the President of the Republic, in its respective denomination, order and precedence. #The

President of Colombia The president of Colombia ( es, Presidente de Colombia), officially known as the president of the Republic of Colombia ( es, Presidente de la República de Colombia) or president of the nation ( es, Presidente de la Nacion) is the head of stat ...

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Gustavo Petro Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (; born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian economist, politician, and former guerrilla fighter who is the current president of Colombia since 2022. After taking office, Petro was considered by analysts as Colomb ...

) #The

Vice President of Colombia The Vice President of Colombia ( es, Vicepresidente de Colombia), officially known as the Vice President of the Republic of Colombia ('' es, Vicepresidente de la Republica de Colombia'') or Vice President of the Nation ('' es, Vicepresidente de ...

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Francia Márquez Francia Elena Márquez Mina (born 1 December 1981) is a Colombian human-rights and environmental activist and lawyer, who is the 13th and current Vice President of Colombia. She was born in Yolombó, a village in the Cauca Department. She fir ...

) #The President of Senate (

Roy Barreras Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre (born 27 November 1963) is a Colombian politician and 2018 presidential candidate, currently serving as senator since 2010 and President of the Senate of Colombia since 2022. In addition to senator, Barreras se ...

) #The President of the Chamber of Representatives (

David Racero David Ricardo Racero Mayorca (born 11 October 1986) is a Colombian politician, he holds a B.A. in philosophy. He has been elected as the representative for Bogotá in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia for the periods 2018–2022 and 20 ...

) #The President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia (Luis Antonio Hernández) #The Vice President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia (Aroldo Quiroz Monsalvo) #The President of the Constitutional Court (Cristina Pardo Schlesinger) #The Vice President of the Constitutional Court (Diana Fajardo Rivera) #The Comptroller General of the Reublic (Carlos Felipe Córdoba) #Former Presidents of Colombia (by seniority of assuming office, as long as they don't have other public office) ##

César Gaviria César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo ( ; born 31 March 1947) is a Colombian economist and politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 to 2004 and National D ...

(7 August 1990 - 7 August 1994) ##

Ernesto Samper Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 3 August 1950) is a Colombian politician. Samper is a member of the influential Samper family. He served as the President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998, representing the Liberal Party. From 2014 to 2017 he served ...

(7 August 1994 - 7 August 1998) ##

Andrés Pastrana Andres or Andrés may refer to: *Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US *Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Andres (name) *Hurricane Andres * "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7 See also ...

(7 August 1998 - 7 August 2002) ##

Álvaro Uribe Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 4 July 1952) is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. Uribe started his political career in his home department of Antioquia. He held offices in th ...

(7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010) ##

Juan Manuel Santos Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by profession and a journalist by trade, ...

(7 August 2010 - 7 August 2018) ## Ivan Duque (7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022) #Former Vice Presidents of Colombia (by seniority of assuming office, as long as they don't have other public office) ## Gustavo Adolfo Bell (7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010) ##

Francisco Santos Calderón Francisco Santos Calderón (born 14 August 1961), also known as Pacho Santos, is a Colombian politician and journalist. Santos was elected as Álvaro Uribe's running mate and became Vice President in 2002. Santos was re-elected in 2006 for a sec ...

(7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010) ##

Angelino Garzón Angelino Garzón Quintero (born 29 October 1946) is a Colombian politician who served as Vice President of Colombia, under President Juan Manuel Santos. He was the 69th Governor of Valle del Cauca from 2004 to 2008, and served as the second ...

(7 August 2010 - 7 August 2014) ##

Germán Vargas Lleras Germán Vargas Lleras (; born 19 February 1962) is a Colombian politician who recently served as Vice President of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A member of the Radical Change political party, he served four consecutive ...

(7 August 2014 - 21 March 2017) ## Oscar Naranjo (29 March 2017 - 7 August 2018) ##

Marta Lucía Ramírez Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco (born 4 July 1954) is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as Vice President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. She also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. In 2018, Ramírez became the first ...

(7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022) #Current

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government ...

Ministers (in their respective order of origin) ##

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

( Alfonso Prada) ##

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between coun ...

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Álvaro Leyva Álvaro Leyva Durán (born 26 August 1942) is a Colombian lawyer, economist, politician, human rights defender and diplomat. Since 7 August 2022, he has held the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs of his country, in the government of Gust ...

) ## Minister of Finance and Public Credit (

José Antonio Ocampo José Antonio Ocampo Gaviria (born 20 December 1952) is a Colombian writer, economist and academic who was the professor of professional practice in international and public affairs and director of the Economic and Political Development Concentra ...

) ## Minister of Justice and Law (

Néstor Osuna Néstor Iván Osuna Patiño (born April 12, 1963) is a Colombian lawyer, magistrate and university professor. Since August 17, 2022, he is the current Minister of Justice He has served as a magistrate of the Superior Council of the Judiciary an ...

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Minister of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in so ...

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Iván Velásquez Iván Velásquez (born August 27, 1976 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer currently playing for Independiente Medellín of the Primera A in Colombia. He played as a striker. Teams * Independiente Santa Fe 1999 * Deportes Tolima 2 ...

) ## Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development ( Cecilia López) ## Minister of Health and Social Protection (Carolina Corcho) ##

Minister of Labour Minister of Labour (in British English) or Labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

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Gloria Inés Ramírez Gloria Inés Ramírez Rios (born 8 June 1956) is a Colombian politician, teacher and trade unionist, member of the Colombian Communist Party. Since 11 August 2022, she has held the position of Minister of Labour of her country, in the government ...

) ## Minister of Mines and Energy ( Irene Vélez) ##

Minister of Commerce A Commerce minister (sometimes business minister, industry minister, trade minister or international trade minister) is a position in many governments that is responsible for regulating external trade and promoting economic growth (commercial poli ...

(Germán Umaña) ## Minister of Education ( Alejandro Gaviria) ## Minister of Environment (

Susana Muhamad María Susana Muhamad González is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist and politician belonging to the Colombia Humana party. Since August 7, 2022, she has held the position of Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of ...

) ## Minister of Housing, City and Territory ( Catalina Velasco) ## Minister of Information Technologies and Communications (

Sandra Urrutia Sandra Milena Urrutia Pérez (born September 20, 1978) is a Colombian lawyer specializing in telecommunications and administrative law from 2022 to 2023 as the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies. Urrutia has held various pu ...

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Minister of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...

(Guillermo Reyes) ##

Minister of Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizati ...

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Patricia Ariza Patricia Elia Ariza Flórez (; born 27 January 1946) is a Colombian poet, playwright, actor and former Minister of Culture of the Government of Petro. Life and career Patricia Elia Ariza Flórez was born on 27 January 1946 in Vélez, Santand ...

) ## Minister of Sports (

María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 25 March 1965) is a former weightlifter, athlete and politician from Colombia. She won the first ever gold medal for Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games. Athletic career ...

) ## Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation ( Arturo Luis Luna) #The Commanders of the Armed Forces (by creation of branch) ## Commander of the Military Forces (

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Helder Giraldo) ## General Staff of the Colombian Military Forces ( Vice admiral José Joaquín Amézquita) ## Commander-in-chief of the National Army (

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Luis Mauricio Opina) ## Commander-in-chief of the National Navy ( Vice admiral Francisco Cubides) ## Commander-in-chief of the Air Force (

Luis Carlos Córdoba) ## Commander-in-chief of the National Police (

Henry Sanabria) # Governors of Departments - when outside their own department (Relative precedence among governors, all of whom are outside their own department, is determined by each department's date of creation or alphabetically by department) ##

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(Jesús Galindo Cedeño) ## Governor of Antioquia (

Aníbal Gaviria Aníbal Gaviria Correa (born 16 January 1966) is a Colombian politician who has served as the Governor of Antioquia since 2020. Prior to this, Gaviria was the Mayor of Medellín from 2012 to 2015 and served as a visiting scholar at University of ...

) ## Governor of Arauca (José Facundo Castillo) ## Governor of Atlántico ( Elsa Noguera) ## Governor of Bolívar (Vicente Antonio Blel) ## Governor of Boyacá (Ramiro Barragán Adame) ## Governor of Caldas (Luis Carlos Velásquez) ## Governor of Caquetá (Arnulfo Gasca Trujillo) ## Governor of Casanare (Salomón Andrés Sanabria) ## Governor of Cauca (Elías Larrahondo Carabalí) ## Governor of Cesar (Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco) ## Governor of Chocó (Ariel Palacios) ## Governor of Córdoba (

Orlando Benítez Orlando David Benítez Mora (born 16 March 1983) is a Colombian politician and economist, current Governor of the Department of Córdoba. Early life Son of the liberal leader Orlando Benítez Palencia, he was born in Valencia, in Córdob ...

) ## Governor of Cundinamarca (Nicolás García) ## Governor of Guainía (Juan Carlos Iral) ## Governor of Guaviare (Heydeer Yovanny Palacio) ## Governor of Huila (Luis Enrique Dussán) ##

Governor of La Guajira A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

(Nemesio Roys Garzón) ## Governor of Magdalena (Carlos Caicedo) ## Governor of Meta (Juan Guillermo Zuluaga) ## Governor of Nariño (Jhon Alexander Rojas) ## Governort of North Santander (Silvano Serrano) ## Governor of Putumayo (Buanerges Rosero) ## Governor of Quindío (Roberto Jaramillo) ## Governor of Risaralda (Sigifredo Salazar) ## Governor of San Andrés y Providencia (Everth Julio Hawkins) ## Governor of Santander (Mauricio Aguilar) ## Governor of Sucre (Hector Olimpo) ## Governor of Tolima (José Ricardo Orozco) ## Governor of Valle del Cauca (Clara Luz Roldán) ## Governor of Vaupés (Elícer Pérez) ## Governor of Vichada (Álvaro Arley León) ## Mayor of the Capital District (

Claudia López Claudia may refer to: People Ancient Romans *Any woman from the Roman Claudia gens * Claudia (vestal), a Vestal Virgin who protected her father Appius Claudius Pulcher in 143 BC *Claudia Augusta (63–63 AD), infant daughter of Nero by his second ...

) #The Vice Presidents of the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...

##The First Vice President (Miguel Ángel Pinto) ##The Second Vice President (Honorio Henríquez) #The Vice Presidents of the Chamber ##The First Vice President (Olga Lucía Velásquez) ##The Second Vice President (Erika Tatiana Sánchez) #The Senators (by alphabetical order) #The Members and the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court #The Members of the Constitutional Court

References

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