Ministry of Justice and Law (Colombia)
Encyclopedia
The Ministry of Justice and Law , is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia
responsible for the administration of law
and justice
, equivalent to the justice ministries of other countries.
In 2011, President
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, as part of a wider justice reform and reshuffle of executive ministries, separated the Ministry of the Interior and Justice into two separate ministries
as had been the case before their merger in 2002 as part of then-President Álvaro Uribe Vélez's ministerial reform.
Government of Colombia
The government of Colombiais a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches.Its legislature has a congress,its judiciary has a supreme court, andits executive branch has a president....
responsible for the administration of law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
and justice
Justice
Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
, equivalent to the justice ministries of other countries.
In 2011, President
President of Colombia
The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was part of "la Gran Colombia"...
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, as part of a wider justice reform and reshuffle of executive ministries, separated the Ministry of the Interior and Justice into two separate ministries
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...
as had been the case before their merger in 2002 as part of then-President Álvaro Uribe Vélez's ministerial reform.
Ministers
| Order | Minister | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andrés González Díaz | 1992–1994 |
| 2nd | Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira | 1994–1996 |
| 3rd | Carlos Eduardo Medellín Becerra Carlos Eduardo Medellín Becerra Carlos Eduardo Medellín Becerra is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat and has served as Minister of Justice of Colombia and as Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom.-Minister of Justice and Law:... |
1996–1997 |
| 5th | Almabeatriz Rengifo López | 1997–1998 |
| 5th | Parmenio Cuéllar Bastidas | 1998–1999 |
| 6th | Rómulo González Trujillo | 1999–2002 |
| 7th | Fernando Londoño Hoyos | 2002-2002 |
| - | Post abolished See Ministers of the Interior and Justice |
2002-2011 |
| 8th | Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero is the 8th and current Minister of Justice and Law of Colombia, serving in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.-Career:... |
2011–present |