List of governors of Quindío Department explained

The governor of the Department of Quindío heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian department of Quindío and is Commander-in-Chief of the department’s police forces. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the department, serving as the main agent for the president of Colombia to carry on the task of maintaining public order and the execution of the general economic policy, and all matters of law passed down for the nation. The current governor is Julio Cesar López Espinosa.

IncumbentTenure
Took officeLeft office
Ancízar López LópezJune 1, 1966March 14, 1969
Jorge Arango MejíaMarch 15, 1969August 25, 1970
Rogelio González CeballosAugust 26, 1970October 6, 1972
Jesús Antonio Niño DíazOctober 7, 1972August 8, 1974
Jorge Iván Echeverri OsorioAugust 19, 1974September 26, 1975
Diego Moreno JaramilloSeptember 27, 1975May 21, 1976
Lucelly García de MontoyaMay 21, 1976August 5, 1978
Olma Inés Beltrán de MejíaAugust 5, 1978August 25, 1978
Mario Gómez RamírezAugust 25, 1978December 19, 1979
Volney Toro ArbeláezDecember 20, 1979June 6, 1980
Silvio Ceballos RestrepoJune 7, 1980March 17, 1981
Jesús Antonio Niño DíazMarch 18, 1981August 27, 1982
Hernán Palacio JaramilloAugust 28, 1982 August 29, 1983
Jaime Lopera GutiérrezAugust 30, 1983August 7, 1984
Rodrigo Gómez JaramilloAugust 8, 1984August 27, 1986
David Barros VélezAugust 28, 1986November 20, 1987
Luís Guillermo GuinandNovember 20, 1987January 13, 1988
Carlos Alberto Gómez BuendíaJanuary 13, 1988January 4, 1990
Belén Sánchez CáceresJanuary 5, 1990August 22, 1990
Samuel Grisales GrisalesAugust 23, 1990 June 13, 1991
Alberto Restrepo JaramilloJune 13, 1991December 31, 1991
Mario Gómez RamírezJanuary 1, 1992December 31, 1994
Belén Sánchez CáceresJanuary 1, 1995December 31, 1997
Henry Gómez TabaresJanuary 1, 1998December 31, 2000
Luís Fernando Velásquez BoteroJanuary 1, 2001December 31, 2003
Amparo Arbeláez EscalanteJanuary 1, 2004December 31, 2007
Julio Cesar López EspinosaJanuary 1, 2008present

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