Ministry of Social Protection (Colombia)

{{Short description|Former government ministry of Colombia}}

{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = Ministry of Social Protection

|type = Ministry

|nativename = {{lang|es|Ministerio de la Protección Social}}

|formed = {{Start date|2002|12|27|df=yes}}

|preceding1 = {{nowrap|Ministry of Labour and Social Security}}

|preceding2 = Ministry of Health

|dissolved = {{End date|2011|05|04|df=yes}}

|superseding1 = Ministry of Labour

|superseding2 = {{nowrap|Ministry of Health and Social Protection}}

|headquarters = Carrera 13 No. 32-76
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

|budget = COP$21,543,445,972,055 (2009){{cite journal|title=Ley 12605 de 2008 |journal=Diario Oficial |date=23 December 2008 |issue=47,212 |url=http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2008/47212.pdf |accessdate=6 May 2013 |author=Colombia, Congress of |authorlink=Congress of Colombia |page=17 |location=Bogotá |language=Spanish |issn=0122-2112 |oclc=500057889 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
COP$24,347,028,621,394 (2010){{cite journal|title=Ley 1365 de 2009 |journal=Diario Oficial |date=21 December 2009 |issue=47,570 |url=http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2009/47570.pdf |accessdate=6 May 2013 |author=Colombia, Congress of |authorlink=Congress of Colombia |page=20 |location=Bogotá |language=Spanish |issn=0122-2112 |oclc=500057889 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
COP$24,557,839,917,998 (2011){{cite journal|title=Ley 1420 de 2010 |journal=Diario Oficial |date=13 December 2009 |issue=47,922 |url=http://190.147.213.68:8080/homepage/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2010/47922.pdf |accessdate=6 May 2013 |author=Colombia, Congress of |authorlink=Congress of Colombia |page=16 |location=Bogotá |language=Spanish |issn=0122-2112 |oclc=500057889 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|website = {{URL|www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co}}

}}

The Ministry of Social Protection ({{langx|es|Ministerio de la Protección Social}}) was a national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to employment, labour, health and social security; it operated from 2002 to 2012.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

Created as part of a larger ministerial reform aimed at reducing the national operating budget, it consolidated the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Ministry of Health.{{cite journal|title=Ley 790 de 2002|journal=Diario Oficial|date=27 December 2002|issue=45,046|url=http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2002/45046.pdf|accessdate=6 May 2013|author=Colombia, Congress of|authorlink=Congress of Colombia|page=46|location=Bogotá|language=Spanish|issn=0122-2112|oclc=500057889}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It was eventually divided again into the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.{{cite journal|title=Ley 1444 de 2011|journal=Diario Oficial|date=4 May 2011|issue=48,059|url=http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2011/48059.pdf|accessdate=6 May 2013|author=Colombia, Congress of|page=1|location=Bogotá|language=Spanish|issn=0122-2112|oclc=500057889}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}