After the designations for the ministries Treasury, Foreign Affairs, Health, Agriculture, Environment and Culture, President Elect Team sources, Gustavo Petro they confirmed to Caracol Radio the names of those who would be their ministers and that would be announced in the coming days. Ariza, days ago, was confirmed as culture minister
1. Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency: Luis Fernando Velasco (former liberal senator)
2. Private Secretary: Armando Benedetti (campaign manager)
3. Minister of the Interior: Alfonso Prada (former congressman and head of debate for the Petro campaign).
4. Defense Minister: Monica Cifuentes (former delegate attorney, former legal adviser to the peace process)
5. Minister of Justice: Martha Lucia Zamora (former prosecutor and former magistrate) or Luis Guillermo Pérez (CNE magistrate).
6. Minister of Education: Alejandro Gaviria (former Minister of Health, former Rector of the Andes, former presidential candidate).
7. Minister of Mines: Luis Gilberto Murillo (former environment minister, former presidential candidate) or Ricardo Roa (presidential campaign manager)
8. Minister of Labour: Francisco Maltés (Union leader, president of the CUT).
9. Minister of Housing: Catalina Velasco (former Secretary of Habitat of the Petro mayor’s office)
10. ICT Minister: Saul Kattan (economist and businessman)
11. Minister of Science: Mauricio Lizcano (former congressman and coordinator of the splicing committee) or Iván Darío Agudelo (liberal senator)
12. Sports Minister: María Isabel Urrutia (Olympic champion and medalist)
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The subject of the presidency of the House of Representatives is not yet defined. The liberals who have the greatest representation with 33 seats in the corporation and who will be part of the government clash are demanding the first year in charge of the Presidency.
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Among the names that are fighting and lobbying for that position are Carlos Ardila, Julián Peinado, Andrés Calle, and Jezmi Barraza. However, Katherine Miranda does not give up, she has the support of the alternative parties and claims that they were accompanying Petro’s campaign and did not get on the bus at the last minute.