Minister of Culture (Colombia)

The minister of culture is the head of the Ministry of Culture. The minister serves as the principal advisor to the president of Colombia, and the national government, on policies, programs, and activities related to all culture in Colombia. As a member of the Cabinet of Colombia, the Minister is sixteenth in the line of succession to the presidency.

Minister of Culture
Incumbent Juan David Correa since 2 August 2023
Council of Ministers Ministry of Culture
Style	Mr. Minister (informal)
Member of	Government of Colombia Executive Branch
Reports to	President of Colombia
Seat	Bogota, D.C.
Appointer	President of Colombia with Senate advice and consent
Formation	August 7, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-07)
First holder	Ramiro Osorio
Succession	Tenth
Salary	COL$12,981,949 (monthly)[1]
Website	www.mincultura.gov.co

Functions and duties

The minister of culture leads the formulation of the integral policy of the creative economy in the National Government and develops programs and projects in the terms indicated in the law.

The Ministry of Culture is responsible for leading the intersectoral coordination process to strengthen public, private and mixed institutions, aimed at the promotion, defense, dissemination and development of cultural and creative activities and adequately promote the potential of the cultural and creative economy.^[2]

List of ministers of culture

Name	Assumed office	Left office	President(s) served under
Ramiro Osorio	7 August 1997	7 August 1998	Ernesto Samper
Alberto Casas	7 August 1998	19 August 1999	Andrés Pastrana
Juan Luis Mejía	19 August 1999	18 July 2000
Consuelo Araújo	18 July 2000	11 March 2001
Araceli Morales	11 March 2001	7 August 2002
María Consuelo Araújo	7 August 2002	24 January 2006	Álvaro Uribe
Elvira Cuervo	24 January 2006	10 May 2007
Paula Moreno	10 May 2007	7 August 2010
Mariana Garcés	7 August 2010	7 August 2018	Juan Manuel Santos
Angelica Mayolo	7 August 2018	7 August 2022	Iván Duque
Patricia Ariza	7 August 2022	27 February 2023	Gustavo Petro
Jorge Zorro (Acting)	27 February 2023	2 August 2023
Juan David Correa	2 August 2023	Incumbent

References

1. "Decreto No. 0853 de 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic. 25 April 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Ministerio de Culturia". mincultura.gov.co. May 26, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2023.