List of governors of La Guajira Department

The following is a list of governors of the Department of La Guajira, Colombia:

Term	Governor	Notes	ref
(1964 – ?)	José Ignacio Vives Echeverría	Founder and first governor of the Department of La Guajira	[1]
(January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1995)	Jorge Eliecer Ballesteros Bernier		[2]
(January 1, 1995 - January 1998)	Jorge Eduardo Perez Bernier		[3]
(2001 - 5 July 2003)	Hernando Deluque Freyle		[4]
(July 5 - December 31, 2003)	Jorge Eliecer Ballesteros Bernier		[5]
(January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2007)	José Luis González Crespo
(January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2011)	Jorge Eduardo Perez Bernier	2007 Colombian regional election	[6]
(January 1, 2012 – December 11, 2013)	Juan Francisco "Kiko" Gomez	arrested in 2013 for 3 murders	[7]
(October 11, 2013 – October 29, 2013)	Roger Romero Pinto	acting
(October 29, 2013 – February, 3 2014)	Faihan Al-Fayes Chaljub	acting
(February 3, 2014 – July 1, 2014	Sugelia Oñate Rosado	acting
(July 1, 2014 – December 31, 2015	José María Ballesteros Valdivieso
(January 1, 2016 - June 8, 2016)	Oneida Rayeth Pinto Pérez
(June 8, 2016 - November 11, 2016)	Jorge Enrique Vélez
(February 23, 2017 – November 20, 2017)	Weildler Guerra Curvelo	appointed by Juan Manuel Santos, Wayuu	[8]
(November 20, 2017 – September 10, 2018)	Tania Buitrago González	acting
(September 10, 2018 – November 9, 2018)	Wilmer González Brito
(November 9, 2018 – May 28, 2019)	Wilson Rojas Vanegas	acting
(May 28, 2019 – July 28, 2019)	Wilbert Hernández Sierra	acting
(July 28, 2019 – December 31, 2019)	Jhon Fuentes Medina	acting
(January 1, 2020 – August 18, 2021)	Nemesio Raúl Roys Garzón
(August 18, 2021 – August 24, 2021)	Jairo Aguilar Deluque	acting
(July 25, 2022 – February 25, 2023)	José Jaime Vega Vence	acting	[9]
(February 23, 2023 - December 31, 2023)	Diala Patricia Wilches Cortina	appointed by Gustavo Petro
(January 1, 2024 – present)	Jairo Aguilar Deluque	2024-2027 term	[10][11]

Flag of the Department of La Guajira.

See also

• List of Colombian Department Governors

References

1. (in Spanish) History of La Guajira
2. (in Spanish) Government of Bogota: Inhabilidades
3. Jorge Perez Bernier: Boletines de Prensa, Comunicados y Agenda Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
4. (in Spanish) Procuraduria General de Colombia: Formulado pliego de cargos contra ex gobernador de La Guajira y secretarios de obras públicas
5. (in Spanish) Jorge Ballesteros: Resume
6. (in Spanish) National Registry of the Civil State: Governor of La Guajira^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "Colombian governor Kiko Gomez charged with murder". BBC News. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
8. "In Colombia, Indigenous Lands Are Ground Zero for a Wind Energy Boom". Yale E360. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
9. CARIBE, REGIÓN (2022-07-27). "José Jaime Vega Vence tomó posesión como Gobernador Encargado de La Guajira". Región Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
10. CARIBE, REGIÓN (2024-08-24). "Gobernador de La Guajira solicita declarar emergencia migratoria ante situación en Venezuela". Región Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
11. CARIBE, REGIÓN (2024-07-07). "Consejo de Estado niega nulidad de elección del gobernador de La Guajira". Región Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-25.

External links

• (in Spanish) Government of La Guajira