Edgardo Maya Villazón
| Edgardo José Maya Villazón | |
|---|---|
| Inspector General of Colombia | |
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In office January 12, 2001 – January 15, 2009 |
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| President |
Andrés Pastrana Arango (2001-2002) Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-present) |
| Preceded by | Jaime Bernal Cuéllar |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 24, 1951 Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Spouse(s) | Consuelo Araújonoguera |
| Relations |
Hernando Molina Araújo (stepson) Álvaro Araújo Castro (nephew) |
| Children | Edgardo José |
| Alma mater | Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Edgardo José Maya Villazón (born July 24, 1951 in Valledupar, Cesar) is a Colombian lawyer, and former Inspector General of Colombia.
Edgardo Maya studied in the Gimnasio Moderno high school in Bogotá. After he studied Law and graduated from the Universidad Externado de Colombia where he also did post graduate studies in labor law and social security, among others.
Maya began working as a trial lawyer in the city of Valledupar where he became sectional manager of the Social Security Institute. Later he was appointed President of the Superior Council of the Popular University of Cesar (UPC)
He became a law professor at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and Universidad Externado de Colombia in which he taught labor and collective law for undergraduate and graduate students.
He was also an auxiliar magistrate of the Labor Cassation Chamber of the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice. He was also Department of Cesar's Auxuliary Comptroller and member of the Redaction Commission of the Statutory Law for Justice Administration and also participated in the reform to the Unique Disciplinary Code (Law 200 of 1995). In 1999, Maya was a delegate of the International Labour Organization. He later became a magistrate of the Superior Council of the Judicature's Jurisdictional Disciplinary Chamber, as president and vice president.
On January 13, 2001 Maya was appointed Inspector General of Colombia for the 2001–2005 period.
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