Attorney General of the Nation | |
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Office of the Attorney General | |
Style | Mrs. Attorney General (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
Member of | Judicial Branch |
Seat | Bogotá, D.C. |
Appointer | Supreme Court of Justice |
Term length | Four years, non renewable |
Formation | August 2, 1992 |
First holder | Gustavo de Greiff |
Deputy | Deputy Attorney General |
Website | www |
The Attorney General of Colombia (Attorney General of the Nation) is the head of the Attorney General's Office of the Nation of Colombia and the principal law enforcement official. The attorney general acts as the main head of criminal prosecution in all legal matters, with administrative and budgetary autonomy. The attorney general is a member of the Judicial Branch. [1]
The attorney general is elected by the Supreme Court of Justice from a list of three nominees selected by the president, and serves for four years, with no possibility of re-election. [2]
Luz Adriana Camargo has been the attorney general of Colombia since March 22, 2024. [3] [4]
The attorney general is elected by Constitutional Court out of a ternary presented by the president for a period of four years. To cast the final vote, the Supreme Court of Justice must meet a quorum of 16 out of the possible 23 votes, i.e. two thirds of the votes. [5] [6]
No. | Portrait | Name | Prior experience | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
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1 | Gustavo de Greiff | Lawyer, | Bogotá, D.C. | August 2, 1992 | August 17, 1994 | César Gaviria | ||
2 | Alfonso Valdivieso | Lawyer, | Santander | August 17, 1994 | May 8, 1997 | |||
3 | Alfonso Gómez Méndez | Lawyer, | Tolima | July 3, 1997 | July 3, 2001 | Ernesto Samper | ||
4 | Luis Camilo Osorio | Lawyer, | Antioquia | August 1, 2001 | August 1, 2005 | Andrés Pastrana | ||
5 | Mario Iguarán | Lawyer, | Bogotá, D.C. | August 1, 2005 | July 31, 2009 | Álvaro Uribe | ||
- | Guillermo Mendoza | Jurist and politician | Córdoba | August 1, 2008 | January 11, 2011 | |||
6 | Viviane Morales | Lawyer, | Bogotá, D.C. | January 11, 2011 | March 6, 2012 | Juan Manuel Santos | ||
- | Martha Lucía Zamora | Lawyer | Bogotá, D.C. | March 6, 2012 | March 29, 2012 | |||
7 | Luis Eduardo Montealegre | Lawyer, Magistrat of the Constitutional Court | Tolima | March 29, 2012 | March 28, 2016 | |||
- | Jorge Fernando Perdomo | Jurist and politician | Bogotá, D.C. | March 29, 2016 | July 31, 2016 | |||
8 | Néstor Humberto Martínez | Lawyer, | Bogotá, D.C. | August 1, 2016 | May 15, 2019 | |||
- | Fabio Espitia | Lawyer and jurist | Bogotá, D.C. | May 17, 2019 | January 30, 2020 | Iván Duque | ||
9 | Francisco Barbosa | Lawyer, President of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors | Bogotá, D.C. | February 13, 2020 | February 12, 2024 | |||
- | Martha Janeth Macera | Lawyer and jurist | Bogotá, D.C. | February 13, 2024 | March 12, 2024 | Gustavo Petro | ||
10 | Luz Adriana Camargo | Lawyer, Head of Investigation and Litigation of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala | Bogotá, D.C. | March 12, 2024 | current |
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