The Governor of the Department of Norte de Santander heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian department of Norte de Santander. 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 William Villamizar Laguado.
The Department of Norte de Santander was created on July 25, 1910, before this the department formed part of the Department of Santander, and as such it was governed by the Governor of Santander.
Before the Colombian Constitution of 1991, the governor was appointed by the president. In 1992 popular elections were held for the first time to elect the governor of the Department for a period of three years.
IncumbentTenureTook officeLeft officeWilliam Villamizar Laguado2024presentSilvano Serrano Guerrero20202024William Villamizar Laguado20162019Edgar Jesús Díaz Contreras20122016Adalberto Antonio Palacios Contreras20112012Enrique Ramírez Yáñez20102011William Villamizar Laguado20082010Luis Miguel Morelli Navia20032007Juan Alcides Santaella Gutiérrez20002003Jorge Alberto García Herreros Cabrera19972000Sergio Entrena López19941997Álvaro Salgar Villamizar19911994Antonio José Lizarazo Ocampo19901991Eduardo Assaf Elcure19861990León Colmenares Baptista19841986Clemente Franco Gálvis19831984Margarita Silva de Uribe19821983Cayetano Morelli Lázaro19811982Humberto Latorre Chacón19811981Adolfo Martínez Badillo1979 1981Jesús María Carrillo Ballesteros19781979Jorge Villamizar Ruíz19781978Jorge Colmenares Espinosa19781978Alfredo Yáñez Carvajal19771978María Carmenza Arenas Abello19751977Fidelina Villamizar de Pérez19741975David Haddad Salcedo19731974Carlos Pérez Escalante19711973Daniel Raad Gómez19711971Hernando Ruan Guerrero19701971Luis Tesalio Ramírez19701970Argelino Durán Quintero19681970Samuel Liévano Sánchez19681968Gustavo Lozano Cárdenas19661968Miguel Durán Durán19651966Gustavo Rodríguez Duarte19651965Alfonso Lara Hernández1964 1965Álvaro Niño Duarte19641964Eduardo Cote Lamus19621964José Luis Acero Jordán19611962Miguel García Herreros19601961Carlos Vera Villamizar19581960Jorge Ordóñez Valderrama19571958Rodrigo Peñaranda19571957Gonzalo Rivera Laguado19531957Germán Uribe Jaramillo19531953Oscar Vergel Pacheco19521953Rafael Canal Sorzano19521952Luis Moncada Rojas19501952Lucio Pabón Núñez19491950Carlos Vera Villamizar19491949Pablo Rodríguez Achury19481949Gustavo Matamoros Leal19481948Manuel Buenahora19471948Rafael Unda Ferrero19461947Luis Buenahora19461946Alfredo Lamus Girón19441946Manuel José Vargas19441944Alfredo Lamus Girón19431944Carlos Ardila Ordóñez19421943Guillermo E. Suárez 19411942Darío Hernández Bautista 19401941Luis Alberto Lindarte 19381940Miguel Durán Durán19371938Francisco Lamus Lamus19361937Manuel José Vargas 19351936Luis Hernández Gutiérrez19341935Francisco Lamus Lamus 19341934Benito Hernández Bustos19331933Luis Augusto Cuervo19311933 Gabriel Valencia19311931Luciano Jaramillo 1930 1931Ramón Pérez Hernández19271930Luis Febres Cordero19261927Rafael Valencia19241926Víctor Julio Cote Bautista19221924Francisco Sorzano19221922Fructuoso V. Calderón19181922Luis Febres Cordero19141918Rafael Valencia19121914Víctor Julio Cote Bautista19101912
References https://www.nortedesantander.gov.co/