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Colombia De La Espriella cabinet appointments

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President‑elect Abelardo De La Espriella kept building continued forming his cabinet in late July 2026. After naming lawyer Natalia López Fuentes as Minister of Labor on 28 July, he appointed Ana María Vesga as Minister of Health and Social Protection on 30 July. Vesga, a lawyer with a master’s in Health Economics from Pompeu Fabra University, previously headed the Association served as executive president of Colombian Companies ACEMI, the association of Integral Medicine (ACEMI) contributory‑regime health insurers, and held senior positions in the National Association of Entrepreneurs of Colombia (ANDI) ANDI and the pharmaceutical industry pharmaceutical‑industry chamber. She is tasked with a “shock plan” that includes a 10‑trillion‑peso capital injection, recovery of intervened EPS, cleaning up the Superintendence of Health, reform of the Unit of Payment by Capitation and a shift to a patient‑centered model. The plan aims to speed care, secure drug supply and restore fiscal stability. Former health minister and senator Carolina Corcho of the Pacto Histórico criticised the appointment as a an “insurmountable conflict of interest, while interest,” citing article 3 of Law 2013 of 2019 that bars former executives from influencing decisions that could benefit their former organisations. Interior Minister Rodrigo Lara defended Vesga, saying she will restore intervened EPS and the regulator. With Labor Vesga is slated to assume office on 7 August 2026, and Health ministries now staffed, only the Science ministry remained pending ahead opposition lawmakers have intensified scrutiny of the August inauguration. potential conflict.

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  4. 2026-07-31 03:39 UTC Colombia De La Espriella cabinet appointments

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