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Political Constitution of Colombia (1991). Official Spanish from SUIN-Juriscol. English from Constitute Project / Max Planck, cutoff 2015 — not a gazette.

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→ Art. 115

Art. 115

The President of the Republic is the Chief of State, head of government, and supreme administrative authority.

The national government is composed of the President of the Republic, the Cabinet ministers, and the directors of administrative departments. The President and the minister or director of the appropriate department represent the government in any particular issue.

No act of the President, except the appointment and dismissal of ministers and directors of administrative departments and those decreed in his/her capacity as Head of State and supreme administrative authority, shall have any value or force whatsoever if it is not countersigned and communicated by the minister of the respective office or by the director of the appropriate administrative department who, by virtue thereof, become responsible for same.

The governorates and mayoralties as well as the superintendencies [superintendencias], public establishments, and industrial or commercial enterprises of the State are part of the executive branch.

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