The governor of the Department of Quindío heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian department of Quindío and is Commander-in-Chief of the department’s police forces. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the department, serving as the main agent for the president of Colombia to carry on the task of maintaining public order and the execution of the general economic policy, and all matters of law passed down for the nation. The current governor is Juan Miguel Galvis Bedoya.
IncumbentTenureTook officeLeft officeAncízar López LópezJune 1, 1966March 14, 1969Jorge Arango MejíaMarch 15, 1969August 25, 1970Rogelio González CeballosAugust 26, 1970October 6, 1972Jesús Antonio Niño DíazOctober 7, 1972August 8, 1974Jorge Iván Echeverri OsorioAugust 19, 1974September 26, 1975Diego Moreno JaramilloSeptember 27, 1975May 21, 1976Lucelly García de MontoyaMay 21, 1976August 5, 1978Olma Inés Beltrán de MejíaAugust 5, 1978August 25, 1978Mario Gómez RamírezAugust 25, 1978December 19, 1979Volney Toro ArbeláezDecember 20, 1979June 6, 1980Silvio Ceballos RestrepoJune 7, 1980March 17, 1981Jesús Antonio Niño DíazMarch 18, 1981August 27, 1982Hernán Palacio JaramilloAugust 28, 1982 August 29, 1983Jaime Lopera GutiérrezAugust 30, 1983August 7, 1984Rodrigo Gómez JaramilloAugust 8, 1984August 27, 1986David Barros VélezAugust 28, 1986November 20, 1987Luís Guillermo GuinandNovember 20, 1987January 13, 1988Carlos Alberto Gómez BuendíaJanuary 13, 1988January 4, 1990Belén Sánchez CáceresJanuary 5, 1990August 22, 1990Samuel Grisales GrisalesAugust 23, 1990 June 13, 1991Alberto Restrepo JaramilloJune 13, 1991December 31, 1991Mario Gómez RamírezJanuary 1, 1992December 31, 1994Belén Sánchez CáceresJanuary 1, 1995December 31, 1997Henry Gómez TabaresJanuary 1, 1998December 31, 2000Luís Fernando Velásquez BoteroJanuary 1, 2001December 31, 2003Amparo Arbeláez EscalanteJanuary 1, 2004December 31, 2007Julio Cesar López EspinosaJanuary 1, 2008January 1, 2012Sandra Paola Hurtado PalacioJanuary 1, 2012January 1, 2016Carlos Eduardo Osorio BuriticáJanuary 1, 2016January 1, 2019Roberto Jairo Jaramillo CárdenasJanuary 1, 2020January 1, 2024Juan Miguel Galvis BedoyaJanuary 1, 2024Present.
References
External sources Quindio Government website