Gustavo Petro assumed office as President of Colombia on August 7, 2022. The President has the power to nominate members of his Cabinet at his own discretion, in accordance with the Constitution of Colombia.
After the confirmation and ratification of the ruling coalition, along with the other Majority Parties in Congress, the presidents of the three respective Conservative, Liberal and U parties met to obtain cabinet representation through one, two or three departments' executives. The creation of the Cabinet was part of the transition of power after the 2022 Colombian presidential elections.
As a result of the political alliance between Petro and the majority parties, Néstor Osuna, Minister of Justice and Law, and Catalina Velasco, Minister of Housing, City, and Territory, were confirmed as political representatives of the Liberal Party. This came after Petro's rejection of other candidates proposed by the party as in their opinion, they did not meet the requirements for the post. The Liberals considered withdrawing from the government, but a meeting between the two ministers with parliamentarians and party president César Gaviria consolidated support.
The Minister of Transport Guillermo Reyes is the representation in the cabinet of the Conservative Party, as confirmed by Reyes himself in several interviews. For her part, the Minister of Information Technology and Communications, Sandra Urrutia, is the representation in the cabinet of the Party of the U, as confirmed by different media.
In addition to the 6 heads of executive departments and the 5 members attached to the Administrative Department of the presidency, there are eleven cabinet-level officials.
This page documents the confirmation process for cabinet candidates in the Gustavo Petro administration. They are listed according to the order of precedence of Colombia.
On 4 May 2022, it was announced that leftist leader Gustavo Petro had defeated incumbent Anti-Corruption candidate Rodolfo Hernandez in the 2022 presidential election. Gustavo Petro received 11,292,758 electoral votes compared to 10,04,656 electoral votes for Hernandez; more than 10 million was needed to win the presidency. He took office on 7 August 2022.
On March 13, 2022, after the result of the primaries, in which Márquez came out with the second highest vote behind Gustavo Petro, she would be announced on March 23 as Gustavo Petro's running mate.
The following cabinet positions are listed in order of their creation (also used as the basis for the Colombian presidential line of succession).
He was presented on April 6, 2022, as head of the debate for the presidential candidate for the Historic Pact, Gustavo Petro. Later he would be announced on June 20, as Minister of the Interior, assuming office on August 7, 2022.
Among the changes made in the cabinet, Velasco was announced as the replacement of Alfonso Prada as Minister of the Interior on April 26, 2023, in an official press release.
On July 3, 2024, Petro carried out his fourth change in the administration, announcing Juan Fernando Cristo as the new Minister of the Interior.
On July 25, 2022, ÃÂlvaro Leyva was announced as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, who had previously served as a peace negotiator with insurgent groups.
In January 2024 due to a three-month suspension imposed by the Supreme Court of Justice on the ÃÂlvaro Leyva as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murillo would serve as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On January 21, 2025, Laura Sarabia was announced as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On July 25, 2022, the President-elect appointed several of his future Ministers, including José Antonio Ocampo, who had already served as Minister of Finance and Public Credit, during the administration of Ernesto Samper.
Among the changes made to the cabinet, Bonilla was announced as the replacement for José Antonio Ocampo as Minister of Finance and Public Credit on April 26, 2023, in an official press release.
Following the resignation of Ricardo Bonilla as Minister of Finance, Guevara was announced as his replacement, taking office on January 29, 2025.
On July 25, 2022, the President-elect appointed Cecilia López, who had already served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, during the administration of Ernesto Samper.
Cabinet-level officials hold positions that are considered cabinet-level but are not heads of executive departments. The exact positions that are considered Cabinet-level vary with each president. In 2019 it was raised to seven positions at the cabinet level with the creation of the Chief of Staff being the most important position at the cabinet level and the third most important at the Government level.
The Chief of Staff is traditionally the highest-ranking employee of the Casa de Nariño. The chief of staff's responsibilities are both management and advisory on the president's official affairs. The chief of staff is appointed by the President and serves at his discretion. The third member appointed to a cabinet or cabinet-level position announced by Petro was the chief of staff of the presidency, Laura Sarabia. She resigned in June 2023, being nominated Cielo Rusinque, who would later fail to take office.
It is the second most important position at the cabinet level, being the director of the agency in charge of the office of the President founded in 1956.