List of Governors of Cesar Department
Governors

List of Governors of Cesar Department

Section Title: Governors
Table Section Text: None

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	-	Guillermo Baute Pavajeau	March 14, 1975 - May 19, 1975

8	-	Ernesto Palencia Caratt	May 22, 1975 - June 5, 1975	Interim

9	-	Alfonso Araújo Cotes	June 7, 1975 - August 30, 1977

10	-	Armando Barros Baquero	August 31, 1977 - April 25, 1978

10	-	Jaime Murgas Arzuaga	April 25, 1978 - August 24, 1978

11	-	José Guillermo Castro Castro	August 25, 1978 - March 12, 1981

12	-	Carmen García Vargas	March 12, 1981 - March 23, 1981	Interim

13	-	Jorge Dangond Daza	March 23, 1981 - August 27, 1982	Appointed by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.

14	-	Edgardo Pupo Pupo	August 27, 1982 - August 23, 1983

15	-	Luis Rodriguez Valera	August 23, 1983 - August 25, 1986

16	-	Maria Inés Castro de Ariza	August 25, 1986 - March 6, 1987

17	-	Alfredo Araujo Castro	March 7, 1987 - April 13, 1989	Interim

18	-	Paulina Mejía de Castro	April 14, 1989 - February 8, 1990

19	-	Armando Maestre Pavajeau	February 9, 1990 - September 2, 1990

20	-	Adalberto Ovalle Muñoz	September 3, 1990 - June 14, 1991

21	-	Juan Carlos Quintero Castro	June 15, 1991 - July 18, 1991

22	-	Abraham José Romero	July 19, 1991 - November 13, 1991

23	-	Carlos Alberto Henao	November 14, 1991 - January 1, 1992

24	-	Lucas Segundo Gnecco Cerchar	January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1995	First popularly elected governor

25	-	Mauricio Pimiento	January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1998

26	-	Lucas Segundo Gnecco Cerchar	January 1, 1998 - 2000

27	-	César Gustavo Solano Noriega	2000	Interim

28	-	Rafael Bolaños Guerrero	January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2004

29	-	Hernando Molina Araujo	January 1, 2005 - May 17, 2007	Involved in the Colombian parapolitics scandal

30	-	Luis Carlos Ramirez Ariza	May 17, 2007 - July 26, 2007	Interim

31	-	Rodrigo Canosa	July 26, 2007 - December 21, 2007	Interim - Removed on charges of corruption

32	-	Clara Inés Collazos	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

Sentence(s)

López was the first governor of Cesar Department.

final_sentence: López was the first governor of Cesar Department.