Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Colombia) explained

Agency Name:Ministry for the Information and Communication Technologies
Type:Ministry
Nativename:Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones
Picture Caption:MinTIC headquarters in Bogotá.
Formed:[1]
Preceding1:Ministry of Communications
Headquarters:Edificio Murillo Toro,
Carrera 8
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Coordinates:4.6001°N -74.0749°W"
Budget:
COP$73,084,400,000 (2013)[2]
COP$121,377,300,000 (2014)[3]
Chief1 Name:Mauricio Lizcano
Chief1 Position:Minister
Child1 Agency:CRC
Child2 Agency:TIC Fund
Child3 Agency:4-72
Child4 Agency:RTVC

Ministry for the Information and Communications Technologies (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, abbreviated MinTIC), is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for overseeing the information and communication technologies, telecommunications and broadcasting industries in Colombia.

History

Former Ministry of Telecommunications, adopted its new name by decree 1341 of 2009. [4]

The current Minister is Mauricio Lizcano, appointed by Colombia's president Gustavo Petro.

List of ministers of ITC

NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident(s) served under
Martha Pinto de Hart 7 August 200219 July 2006Álvaro Uribe
María del Rosario Guerra19 July 200631 January 2010
Daniel Medina (acting)31 January 20107 August 2010
Diego Molano7 August 201011 May 2015Juan Manuel Santos
David Luna15 May 201525 April 2018
Juan Sebastián Rozo (acting)26 April 20157 August 2018
Sylvia Constaín7 August 20184 May 2020Iván Duque
Karen Abudinen4 May 20209 September 2021
Iván Mauricio Durán (acting)10 September 202113 October 2021
Carmen Ligia Valderrama13 October 20217 August 2022
Sandra Urrutia5 September 202226 April 2023Gustavo Petro
Mauricio Lizcano26 April 2023present

Notes and References

  1. Ley 1341 de 2009. Diario Oficial. 30 July 2009. 47,426. 6 May 2013. Colombia, Congress of. Bogotá. 45. Spanish. 0122-2112. 500057889.
  2. 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 .
  3. 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 .
  4. Web site: Ley 1341 de 2009 - Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones. www.mintic.gov.co. 2019-10-20.