Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (Colombia) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Nativename:Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo
Type:Ministry
Formed:[1]
Preceding1:Ministry of Foreign Trade
Preceding2:Ministry of Economic Development
Headquarters:Centro de Comercio Internacional
Calle 28 № 13 A–15
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Coordinates:4.6157°N -74.0712°W
Budget:COP$599,063,957,867 (2012)[2]
COP$672,507,972,786 (2013)[3]
COP$571,581,879,281 (2014)[4]
Chief1 Name:Germán Umaña
Chief1 Position:Minister
Child1 Agency:ProColombia
Child2 Agency:Bancóldex
Child3 Agency:Fiducoldex
Child4 Agency:Artesanías de Colombia, S.A.
Child5 Agency:National Guarantees Fund, S.A.
Child6 Agency:Superintendency of Industry and Commerce
Child7 Agency:Superintendency of Corporations

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo) or MCIT, is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia concerned with promoting economic growth though trade, tourism and industrial growth.

List ministers of commerce, industry and tourism

NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident(s) served under
Jorge Humberto Botero 27 August 20027 August 2007Álvaro Uribe
Luis Guillermo Plata7 August 20077 August 2010
Sergio Diaz-Granados7 August 20108 October 2013Juan Manuel Santos
Santiago Rojas8 October 20137 August 2014
Cecilia Álvarez-Correa[5] [6] 7 August 20144 May 2016
María Claudia Lacouture4 May 201621 August 2017
María Lorana Gutiérrez[7] 22 August 20177 August 2018
José Manuel Restrepo[8] 7 August 20183 May 2021Iván Duque
Laura Valdieso (acting)3 May 202119 May 2021
María Ximena Lombana[9] 19 May 20217 August 2022
Germán Umaña11 August 2022ImcumbetGustavo Petro

Notes and References

  1. Ley 790 de 2002. Diario Oficial. 27 December 2002. 45,046. 6 May 2013. Colombia, Congress of. Congress of Colombia. 46. Bogotá. Spanish. 0122-2112. 500057889.
  2. Ley 1485 de 2011 . . 14 December 2011 . 48,283 . 6 May 2013 . . Bogotá . 14 . Spanish . 0122-2112 . 500057889 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109013324/http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2011/48283.pdf . 9 January 2014 .
  3. Ley 1593 de 2012 . . 10 December 2012 . 48,640 . 6 May 2013 . . Bogotá . 15 . Spanish . 0122-2112 . 500057889 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109014857/http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2012/48640.pdf . 9 January 2014 .
  4. Ley 1687 de 2014 . . 11 December 2013 . 49,001 . 8 January 2014 . Colombia, Congress of . Congress of Colombia . 29 . Bogotá . Spanish . 0122-2112 . 500057889 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109013400/http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2013/49001.pdf . 9 January 2014 .
  5. Web site: Decreto 1559 del 19 de Agosto de 2014. 2020-12-17. Santos Calderón. Juan Manuel. Bogotá. es. mincit2014.
  6. Web site: Decreto 736 del 03 de Mayo de 2016. 2020-12-17. Santos Calderón. Juan Manuel. 2016. Bogotá. es. mincit2016.
  7. Web site: Decreto 1386 del 22 de Agosto de 2017. 2020-12-17. Santos Calderón. Juan Manuel. 2017. Bogotá. es. mariagutierrezbotero.
  8. Web site: Decreto 1514 del 7 de Agosto de 2018. 2020-12-17. Duque Márquez. Iván. Bogotá. es. duqueministers.
  9. Web site: Radio . Caracol . 2021-05-19 . Ximena Lombana será la nueva ministra de Comercio, Industria y Turismo . 2021-06-02 . Caracol Radio . es.