The Ministry of Environment was the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with determining and regulating the standards and guidelines for the protection of the environment, investigate and implement environmental policies. As part of a wider cabinet reshuffle in 2002, the ministry was given the housing and land management portfolios, becoming the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.
As of 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos talked about the need to separate the Ministry again to once again bring environmental protection and sustainability in par with the needs of the nation and its importance to government.
Ministers Order Period Ministers of Environment 1st 1994-1994 Manuel Rodríguez Becerra 2nd 1994–1995 Cecilia López Montaño 3rd 1995–1997 José Vicente Mogollón 4th 1997–1998 Eduardo Verano de la Rosa 5th 1998–2002 Juan Mayr Maldonado 6th 2002–2003 Cecilia Rodríguez González-Rubio
See also Sandra Bessudo Lion
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