Ministry of National Defense (Colombia)

The Ministry of National Defence () is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military forces of Colombia, similar to the defense ministries in other countries. It is composed of the National Army, Navy, Aerospace Force and the National Police.

List of ministers

Ministers of War

Minister (a) Period Gral. Pedro Briceño Méndez 1821–1825 Gral. Carlos Soublette 1825–1828 Gral. Rafael Urdaneta 1828–1829 Gral. Pedro Alcántara Herrán 1830 Gral. José Miguel Pey 1830–1831 Gral. José Marìa Obando 1831–1832 Gral. José Hilario López 1832–1833 Gral. Antonio Obando 1833–1837 Gral. José Hilario López 1837–1838 Gral. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera 1838–1840 Gral. José Acevedo 1841–1845 Gral. Joaquín París Ricaurte 1845 Gral. Juan María Gómez 1845–1846 Gral. Joaquín Barriga 1846–1849 Gral. Tomás Herrera 1849–1850 Gral. Valerio Barriga 1851–1853 Cnel. Santiago Frasser 1853 Gral. Pedro Alcántara Herrán 1854–1855 Gral. José María Ortega 1856–1861 Gral. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera 1861–1863 Gral. Rafael Mendoza 1864 Gral. Francisco Barriga 1864–1866 Gral. Rudesindo López 1866–1867 Gral. Sergio Camargo Pinzón 1868–1870 Gral. Santos Acosta 1871–1872 Gral. Ramón Santodomingo Vila 1873–1875 Gral. Santos Acosta 1875–1876 Gral. Fernando Ponce 1877 Gral. Ezequiel Hurtado 1878–1879 Gral. Eliseo Payan 1880–1882 Gral. Juan Mateus 1882–1884 Gral. José María Campo 1884–1886 Gral. Leopoldo Cuervo 1887–1890 Gral. Olegario Rivera 1890–1892 Gral. Antonio Cuervo 1893–1895 Gral. Pedro Rivera 1896–1898 Gral. Jorge Holguin 1899 Gral. José Santos 1900 Gral. Próspero Pinzón Romero 1900 Gral. José Domingo Ospina 1900–1901 Gral. Ramón González Valencia 1901 Gral. Pedro Nel Ospina 1901 José Vicente Concha Ferreira 1901–1902 Gral. Aristides Fernández Mora 1902–1903 Gral. Alfredo Vásquez Cobo 1903–1904 Gral. Diego Castro 1904–1905 Gral. Diego Euclides de Angulo 1905–1906 Manuel Castro 1906 Gral. Manuel María Sanclemente 1906–1908 Gral. Víctor Calderón 1908–1909 Gral. Nicolás Perdomo 1909 Gral. Alfredo Vásquez Cobo 1909 Gral. Jorge Marcelo Holguín Mallarino 1909 Gral. Diego Euclides de Angulo 1909 Gral. Luis Enrique Bonilla 1909 Gral. Pedro Rivera 1909 José Medina Calderón 1909–1910 Juan Bautista Valencia 1910 Gral. Mariano Ospina Vásquez 1910–1911 Gral. José Manuel Araújo 1911–1914 Gral. Isaías Luján 1914–1915 Guillermo Valencia Castillo 1915 Gral. Pedro Justo Berrío 1915 Antonio José Cadavid 1915–1916 Gral. Salvador Franco 1916–1918 Jorge Roa 1918–1921 Bonifacio Vélez 1921 Aristóbulo Archila 1921–1922 Carlos Vélez Daníes 1922 José Ulises Osorio 1922–1923 Gral. Alfonso Jaramillo 1923–1924 Gral. Carlos Jaramillo Isaza 1924–1925 Francisco Solórzano 1925–1926 Ignacio Rengifo 1926–1929 Alejandro Cabal Pombo 1929 Gral. José Joaquín Villamizar 1929 Gral. Agustín Morales Olaya 1929–1931 Carlos Adolfo Urueta 1931–1932 Carlos Arango Vélez 1932–1934 Cptán. Carlos Uribe Gaviria 1934 Alberto Pumarejo 1934 Marco Aurelio Auli 1934–1935 Benito Hernandez Bustos 1935–1936 Plinio Mendoza Neira 1936–1937 Alberto Pumarejo 1937–1938 José Joaquín Castro Martínez 1938–1939 Gonzalo Restrepo 1939–1942 Alejandro Galvis Galvis 1942–1943 Ramón Santodomingo 1943 Alberto Arango Tavera 1943 Gonzalo Restrepo 1943–1944 Gral. Domingo Espinel 1944–1945 Luis Tamayo 1945–1946 Carlos Sánz de Santamaría 1946–1947 Fabio Lozano y Lozano 1947–1948 Fernando Londoño y Londoño 1948 Teniente General Germán Ocampo Herrera 1948–1949 Eduardo Zuleta Àngel 1949 Gral. Rafael Sánchez Amaya 1949–1950 Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez 1950–1951 José María Bernal 1951–1953 Lucio Pabón Núñez 1953 Gral. Gustavo Berrío 1953–1954 Gral. Gabriel París Gordillo 1954–1957 Gral. Alfonso Saiz 1957–1959 Gral. Rafael Hernández 1959–1962 Gral. Alberto Ruiz Novoa 1962–1965 Gral. Gabriel Rebeiz 1965–1967

Ministers of National Defense OrderNameTook officeLeft officePresident 1st 7 August 1966 7 August 196622 January 1967 2nd 7 August 1970 3rd 7 August 1974 4th 7 August 1978 5th 7 August 1982 6th 19 January 19837th 5 January 19858th 7 August 19869th 7 August 198810th 10 January 198911th 7 August 19907 August 19906 August 199112th 7 August 199413th 24 January 1995 14th 10 January 199715th 24 August 199716th 7 August 1998 17th 10 March 199918th 7 August 200119th 7 August 200220th 10 July 2003 21st 7 August 200522nd 7 August 2006 23rd 18 March 2009 - 6 August 2009 24th 7 August 2010 25th 11 September 2011 26th 7 June 2015 27th 7 August 201828th 7 August 20186 November 2019 -6 de noviembre de 201912 November 201929th12 November 201917 January 2021 -18 January 202131 January 202130th 7 August 202231st 20 February 202532nd3 March 20257 August 202633rdJorge Eduardo Mora7 August 2026IncumbentAbelardo de la Espriella

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