Government of Colombia

Government of Colombia

Country	Colombia
Website	www.gov.co
President
Head of state	Gustavo Petro
Legislative
Legislature	Congress of Colombia
Executive
Head of government	President of Colombia (Gustavo Petro)
Headquarters	Casa de Nariño, Bogotá
Main organ	Council of Ministers of Colombia
Judicial
Court	Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia

The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches. Its legislature has a congress, its judiciary has a supreme court, and its executive branch has a president.^[1]

The citizens of Colombia cast votes concerning their government, and they employ a public sector office for an inspector general to oversee the public interface of the government. This safeguards the public, and guarantees the human rights spelled out in the Constitution of 1991, which provides the framework for a welfare state and a unitary republic.

Colombia has "control institutions" that mix government and public officials, who work alongside one another. For example, the public's inspector general works closely with the government's controller general, whose job it is to ensure governmental fiscal responsibility. An independent Ombudsman deals with maladministration complaints and functions.