The Ministry of National Education () is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for overseeing the instruction and education of the Colombian people, similar to education ministries in other countries.
List of ministers Order Period Minister of National Education1st 1928-1930 José Vicente Huertas2nd 1930-1930 Elíseo Arango Ramos3rd 1930-1931 Abel Francisco Carbonell Vergara4th 1931-1933 Julio Carrizosa Valenzuela5th 1933-1934 Pedro Maria Carreño Mallarino6th 1934-1934 Jaime Jaramillo Arango7th 1934-1934 Carlos Lozano y Lozano8th 1934-1935 Luis López de Mesa Gómez9th 1935-1935 Calixto Torres Umaña10th 1935-1937 Darío Echandía Olaya11th 1937-1937 Alberto Lleras Camargo12th 1937-1937 Tulio Enrique Tascón Quintero13th 1937-1937 Alejandro López Restrepo14th 1937-1938 José Joaquín Castro Martínez15th 1938-1940 Alfonso Araújo Gaviria16th 1940-1941 Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala17th 1941-1941 Guillermo Nannetti Concha18th 1941-1942 Juan Lozano y Lozano19th 1942-1942 Germán Arciniegas Angueyra20th 1942-1942 Jorge Zalamea Borda21st 1942-1943 Absalón Fernández de Soto22nd 1943-1943 Rafael Parga Cortés23rd 1943-1943 Carlos Lozano y Lozano24th 1943-1943 Carlos Arango Vélez25th 1943-1945 Antonio Rocha Alvira26th 1945-1945 Rafael Escallón27th 1945-1945 Antonio Rocha Alvira28th 1945-1946 Germán Arciniegas Angueyra29th 1946-1946 Mario Carvajal Borrero30th 1946-1947 Miguel Jiménez López31st 1947-1947 Eduardo Zuleta Ángel32nd 1947-1948 Joaquín Estrada Monsalve33rd 1948-1948 Elíseo Arango Ramos34th 1948-1949 Fabio Lozano y Lozano35th 1949-1949 Elíseo Arango Ramos36th 1949-1949 Eleuterio Serna Ramírez37th 1949-1950 Manuel Mosquera Garcés38th 1950-1951 Antonio Álvarez Restrepo39th 1951-1952 Rafael Azula Barrera40th 1952-1953 Lucio Pabón Núñez41st 1953-1953 Jesús Estrada Monsalve42nd 1953-1954 Manuel Mosquera Garcés43rd 1954-1954 Daniel Henao Henao44th 1954-1955 Aurelio Caicedo Ayerbe45th 1955-1956 Gabriel Betancur Mejía46th 1956-1957 Josefina Valencia Muñoz47th 1957-1957 Próspero Carbonell MacAusland48th 1957-1958 Alonso Carvajal Peralta49th 1958-1959 Reinaldo Muñoz Zambrano50th 1959-1960 Abel Naranjo Villegas51st 1960-1960 Gonzalo Vargas Rubiano52nd 1960-1960 Belisario Betancur Cuartas53rd 1960-1961 Alfonso Ocampo Londoño54th 1961-1962 Jaime Posada Díaz55th 1962-1965 Pedro Gómez Valderrama56th 1965-1966 Daniel Arango Jaramillo57th 1966-1968 Gabriel Betancourt Mejía58th 1968-1970 Octavio Arizmendi Posada59th 1970-1972 Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento60th 1972-1974 Juan Jacobo Muñoz61st 1974-1977 Hernando Durán Dussán62nd 1977-1978 Rafael Rivas Posada63rd 1978-1980 Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo64th 1980-1981 Guillermo Angulo Gómez65th 1981-1982 Carlos Albán Holguín66th 1986-1988 Marina Uribe de Eusse 67th 1988-1989 Antonio Yepes Parra68th 1989-1990 Manuel Francisco Becerra Barney69th 1990-1991 Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento70th 1991-1993 Carlos Holmes Trujillo García71st 1993-1994 Maruja Pachón Castro72nd 1994-1995 Arturo Sarabia Better73rd 1995-1996 María Emma Mejía Vélez74th 1996-1997 Olga Duque de Ospina75th 1997-1998 Jaime Niño Díez76th 1998-2000 Germán Bula Escobar77th 2000-2002 Francisco José Lloreda Mera78th 2002-2010 Cecilia María Vélez White79th 2010-2014 María Fernanda Campo Saavedra80th 2014-2016 Gina Parody81st 2016-2018 Yaneth Giha Tovar82nd 2018–2022 María Victoria Angulo83rd 2022–2023 Alejandro Gaviria Uribe84th 2023–2024 Aurora Vergara Figueroa85th 2024–2026 Daniel Rojas Medellín
References
External links Ministry of National Education Ministry of National Education