List of governors of Cesar Department

The Governor of Cesar Department is the popularly elected leader of the department of Cesar in northern Colombia to manage executive functions.

Since the establishment of the Cesar Department on December 21, 1967, governors were appointed by the President of Colombia until the Colombian Constitution of 1991 changed it to election by popular vote.

Governors[]

Order		Image	Governor	Term	Notes
	1		Alfonso López Michelsen	December 21, 1967 - August 14, 1968	First Governor of the Department of Cesar
	2		Luis Roberto García	August 16, 1968 - September 28, 1968	Interim
	3		Alfonso Araújo Cotes	September 21, 1968 - August 21, 1970
	4		José Antonio Murgas	August 22, 1970 - June 17, 1971
	5		Manuel Germán Cuello	June 19, 1971 - August 13, 1974
	6		Luis Roberto García	August 14, 1974 - March 13, 1975
	7			March 14, 1975 - May 19, 1975
	8			May 22, 1975 - June 5, 1975	Interim
	9		Alfonso Araújo Cotes	June 7, 1975 - August 30, 1977
	10			August 31, 1977 - April 25, 1978
	10			April 25, 1978 - August 24, 1978
	11			August 25, 1978 - March 12, 1981
	12			March 12, 1981 - March 23, 1981	Interim
	13			March 23, 1981 - August 27, 1982	Appointed by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
	14			August 27, 1982 - August 23, 1983
	15			August 23, 1983 - August 25, 1986
	16			August 25, 1986 - March 6, 1987
	17			March 7, 1987 - April 13, 1989	Interim
	18			April 14, 1989 - February 8, 1990
	19			February 9, 1990 - September 2, 1990
	20			September 3, 1990 - June 14, 1991
	21			June 15, 1991 - July 18, 1991
	22			July 19, 1991 - November 13, 1991
	23			November 14, 1991 - January 1, 1992
	24			January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1995	First popularly elected governor
	25		Mauricio Pimiento	January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1998
	26			January 1, 1998 - 2000
	27			2000	Interim
	28			January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2004
	29		Hernando Molina Araujo	January 1, 2005 - May 17, 2007	Involved in the Colombian parapolitics scandal
	30			May 17, 2007 - July 26, 2007	Interim
	31		Rodrigo Canosa	July 26, 2007 - December 21, 2007	Interim - Removed on charges of corruption
	32			December 21, 2007 - January 1, 2008	Interim
	33		Cristian Moreno Panezo	January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2011
	34		Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco	January 1, 2012 – Present

See also[]

• List of mayors of Valledupar
• List of Colombian Department Governors

References[]

• "Reseña Histórica de la Creación del Departamento del Cesar" (DOC) (in Spanish). Gobernación del Cesar. p. 10. Retrieved May 22, 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Cesar 30 Años de Progreso - Gobernacion del Cesar (1997) booklet