00:00The saying "that goes..." also applies to politics.
00:02You can tell what lunch will be like from breakfast.
00:05And if you're wondering what Belardo de la Espriella's government will be like...
00:09It is in his best interest to understand who he will be working with over the next four years.
00:12Here's everything you need to know about the 18 ministers who make up the president's cabinet.
00:17who takes office this August 7th
00:19And watch out, because at the end we'll tell you if they're all among those who never get to be called "never."
00:23Or are they just old acquaintances of those in power?
00:25Let's start with the heavyweights
00:27Those who will have to step in to resolve some of the most urgent issues
00:32Miguel Gómez Martínez, the finance minister, will have to take charge of organizing public finances.
00:38and that de la Espriella has the funds to fulfill his promises
00:41Gómez was a congressman and union leader
00:44and is part of a very traditional family in politics
00:47Grandson of Laureano Gómez, nephew of Álvaro Gómez and brother of Enrique Gómez
00:52Interior Minister Rodrigo Lara will also have to help fulfill what was promised.
00:56but forming alliances that translate into votes in Congress
00:59He was a congressman for several terms
01:01president of Radical Change
01:03and is the son of the assassinated Minister of Justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla
01:06Jorge Eduardo Mora, the Minister of Defense, is a retired general
01:10whom de la Espriella asked to restore the morale of the public force
01:14improve operational capabilities
01:16and, especially, neutralize dozens of armed groups
01:20and criminal gangs that plague several regions of the country
01:24Ana María Vesga, who was president of ACEMI, the association of EPS (Health Promoting Entities).
01:27She will now be the new Minister of Health
01:30and will be in charge of the promised 10 trillion peso emergency plan
01:34to address the health system crisis
01:36However, it is still unclear how those resources will be used
01:39because many debts need to be paid, the OPC needs to be adjusted, and much more.
01:43and the role of Foreign Minister Omar Bula, who has worked in several UN agencies
01:47it will not be less
01:48Together with Vice President José Manuel Restrepo, he will have to redefine diplomacy.
01:52which includes closing some embassies and opening others
01:55And, in cases like that of the United States, to discuss security issues, tariffs, and more.
02:00Let's talk about the ministers who will have to take charge of the technical matters.
02:03María Noemí Arboleda, former manager of XM, the operator of the National Energy System, will be in Minas.
02:09She will have the difficult task of preventing a blackout in the midst of the El Niño phenomenon.
02:14and take charge of a sector that the new president wants to thoroughly revitalize.
02:18In the Commerce sector we will have Mauricio Gómez Amín, former Liberal senator and one of those who was most active in the campaign
02:24de la Espriella
02:25In Transportation we will have Elsa Noguera; both are politicians, from Barranquilla, and very close to the Char family.
02:32This is yet another sign that the capital of the Atlantic will be central to this government.
02:36Jaime Andrés Beltrán will be at the Ministry of Housing, with the mission of boosting the entire sector.
02:41He is another political figure, having been mayor of Ducanamanga, but he is also a representative of the Christian sector.
02:46Vivian Morales, former congressman and former attorney general of the nation, also comes from this religious sector.
02:52And, as he said, Marx should be taken out of the classrooms and God put in.
02:56The Ministry of Agriculture will be in charge of Andalés and Dangón, another Caribbean player
03:01with extensive experience in agricultural financing
03:03Iván Cancino, a criminal lawyer and close friend of President de la Espriella, will be the new Minister of Justice
03:09a key position due to the new prison vision that this government has.
03:13Natalia López, a politician from Córdoba, will be at the Ministry of Labor.
03:18who tried to jump to the Senate through the party, we believe, of the mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez
03:23And speaking of the mayor of Medellín, his sister, Juliana Gutiérrez, will be the Minister of Sport.
03:27We have four ministries left, the environment ministry will be headed by Fabio Arjona, a marine biologist and former vice president of Conservation International.
03:35In the culture sector will be Paola Holguín, former senator of the Democratic Center, who has been questioned for her lack of experience in that sector.
03:41The Minister of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC) will be Alexandra Falla, a social communicator and former director of the Film Heritage Foundation.
03:48And completing the cabinet is Claudia Benavidas, the new Minister of Science
03:51who, according to Elas Priella himself, was chosen by a talent scouting platform
03:55with the exception of the Ministers of Science and ICT and also General Mora
04:00who pursued a military career and the Minister of Health, who is more closely linked to the unions
04:04The rest of the ministers have political ties, either through their resumes or their families.
04:10or through their time in public service. Several, in fact, are connected to traditional parties.
04:15or political houses.
04:17They will be in charge of leading the country for the next four years.
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