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(THE PRESIDENT)Diego Villamizar

By: Andres Felipe Romero N.

Laura Angelica Castillo

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The President

is elected by

Direct popular vote

What are the conditions to elected

a president in Colombia? Other

requirement includes

Governor

Cabinet

member

Congress

member

University

Must be

Native born

And in full possessions of

Political rights

The President

System ofgovernme

ntAppoints and may remove

Governors of the 23 territorial departmen

ts

Head of the 9 national territories

Directs

Branch of governme

nt

oversees

Which gives him

Appointed powers

Allow the president

Cabinet Chiefs

Consist of

Thirteen member power

100 semiautonomo

us

bureaucracy

Various administrative agencies

The President

Appointed

Commissions

Composed

Government

Party

Interest Group

Representative

Pending Legislation

Turned into

Development

Economist

Agronomist

Engineers

Occasionally played an important role in policy making in the

Executive Branch

Also strengthened

In 1980s by staffing important decentralized

Government

Agencies

These includes

National Planning

Department

Monetary Board

The Colombian Institute of Agrarian Reform