Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) (Spanish: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) also known as the Chancellery (Spanish: Cancillería), is the Cabinet position of the Government of Colombia responsible for the international relations of Colombia through its diplomatic missions abroad by formulating foreign policy relevant to the matters of the State. It is equivalent to the foreign affairs ministries of other countries.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Ministry overview
Formed	27 December 2002 (2002-12-27)^[1]
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Foreign Trade Ministry of Economic Development
Headquarters	Centro de Comercio Internacional Calle 28 No. 13 A–15 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 04°36′56.40″N 74°04′16.48″W / 4.6156667°N 74.0712444°W / 4.6156667; -74.0712444
Annual budget	COP$599,063,957,867 (2012)^[2] COP$672,507,972,786 (2013)^[3] COP$571,581,879,281 (2014)^[4]
Ministry executive	Álvaro Leyva (Suspended), Minister of Foreign Affairs
Website	www.mincit.gov.co

References

1. Colombia, Congress of (27 December 2002). "Ley 790 de 2002" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (45, 046). Bogotá: 46. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 283). Bogotá: 14. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
3. Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 640). Bogotá: 15. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
4. Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (49, 001). Bogotá: 29. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.