List of governors of Cesar Department

+ Number of governors of the Department of Cesar by party affiliation Party Governors Liberal 16 Conservative 5 Green 1

The governor of Cesar Department is the popularly elected leader of the department of Cesar in northern Colombia to manage executive functions.

Since the establishment of the Cesar Department on December 21, 1967, governors were appointed by the president of Colombia until the Colombian Constitution of 1991 changed it to election by popular vote.

Governors

Order Image Governor Term Notes 1 Alfonso López Michelsen December 21, 1967 - August 14, 1968 First Governor of the Department of Cesar 2 Luis Roberto García August 16, 1968 - September 28, 1968 Interim 3 Alfonso Araújo Cotes September 21, 1968 - August 21, 1970 4 José Antonio Murgas August 22, 1970 - June 17, 1971 5 Manuel Germán Cuello June 19, 1971 - August 13, 1974 6 Luis Roberto García August 14, 1974 - March 13, 1975 7 Guillermo Baute Pavajeau March 14, 1975 - May 19, 1975 8 Ernesto Palencia Caratt May 22, 1975 - June 5, 1975 Interim 9 Alfonso Araújo Cotes June 7, 1975 - August 30, 1977 10 Armando Barros Baquero August 31, 1977 - April 25, 1978 10 Jaime Murgas Arzuaga April 25, 1978 - August 24, 1978 11 José Guillermo Castro Castro August 25, 1978 - March 12, 1981 12 Carmen García Vargas March 12, 1981 - March 23, 1981 Interim 13 Jorge Dangond Daza March 23, 1981 - August 27, 1982 Appointed by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. 14 Edgardo Pupo Pupo August 27, 1982 - August 23, 1983 15 Luis Rodriguez Valera August 23, 1983 - August 25, 1986 16 Maria Inés Castro de Ariza August 25, 1986 - March 6, 1987 17 Alfredo Araujo Castro March 7, 1987 - April 13, 1989 Interim 18 Paulina Mejía de Castro April 14, 1989 - February 8, 1990 19 Armando Maestre Pavajeau February 9, 1990 - September 2, 1990 20 Adalberto Ovalle Muñoz September 3, 1990 - June 14, 1991 21 Juan Carlos Quintero Castro June 15, 1991 - July 18, 1991 22 Abraham José Romero July 19, 1991 - November 13, 1991 23 Carlos Alberto Henao November 14, 1991 - January 1, 1992 24 Lucas Segundo Gnecco Cerchar January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1995 First popularly elected governor 25 Mauricio Pimiento January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1998 26 Lucas Segundo Gnecco Cerchar January 1, 1998 - 2000 27 César Gustavo Solano Noriega 2000 Interim 28 Rafael Bolaños Guerrero January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2004 29 Hernando Molina Araujo January 1, 2005 - May 17, 2007 Involved in the Colombian parapolitics scandal 30 Luis Carlos Ramirez Ariza May 17, 2007 - July 26, 2007 Interim 31 Rodrigo Canosa July 26, 2007 - December 21, 2007 Interim - Removed on charges of corruption 32 Clara Inés Collazos December 21, 2007 - January 1, 2008 Interim 33 Cristian Moreno Panezo January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2011 34 Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2015 35Francisco Ovalle AngaritaJanuary 1, 2016 – December 31, 201936Luis Alberto Monsalvo GneccoJanuary 1, 2020 – December 31, 202337Elvia Milena Sanjuan DávilaJanuary 1, 2024 –

List of governors of Cesar Department

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