There is a strong anti-State bias in the humanitarian community. Under the assumptions of the incapacity or unwillingness to cover humanitarian needs, humanitarian studies primarily focus on non-state actors. This is problematic because, among many other reasons, it perpetuates the colonial structure of humanitarianism, in which rich Western States are benefactors through (also Western) non-state humanitarian actors helping the weak and wicked rest. This chapter argues that any effort to salvage humanitarianism from its colonial past and present will require recognizing and scrutinizing the State's role as a humanitarian actor. Therefore, this chapter asks: What kind of humanitarian actor is the State? What are its characteristics? How does it change our understanding of humanitarian action? I use the case study of Colombia and its long-standing struggle against multiple humanitarian needs to answer these questions. The chapter follows two analytical tracks: first, it analyses the discourse of humanitarianism in the country, describing a long apathy from the nineteenth century until the nineteen nineties, when a transformation gradually started, resulting in multiple State offices declaring humanitarian mandates. Second, I turn to practices and how the State slowly and selectively internalizes humanitarian action and makes it part of its functions. Finally, I provide a profile of the State as a humanitarian actor, outlining its main features and the implications for the future of humanitarianism.