The Presidency
Lleras is inaugurated as President of Colombia on August 7, 1966, and he calls his administration de era of national transformation (“Transformación Nacional”).
During his administration, the Colombian Institute for Agrarian Reform (INCORA) promoted the redistribution of usable land to the peasants and unemployed workers in the country, issuing more than 60,000 titles in 1968 and 1969 alone.
Lleras implemented an aggressive and broad program of social and economic reforms and created the following agencies and institutions: the national savings fund (“Fondo Nacional del Ahorro”); the Colombian Institute for the family wellbeing (“Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar”); the institute to protect non renewable resources (“Instituto de Recursos Naturales no Renovables”); the agency to promote exports (“Fondo de Promoción de Exportaciones” ‘PROEXPO’); the national agency of Colombian culture (“Instituto Colombiano de Cultura” ‘Colcultura’); the nacional agency for the construction of schools (“Instituto Colombiano de Construcciones Escolares” ‘Icce’); and the national institution to promote and finance superior education (“Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior” ‘Icfes’).
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