Horacio Serpa
| Horacio Serpa Uribe | |
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| Senator of Colombia | |
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Assumed office 20 July 2014 |
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In office 1985–1988 |
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| Governor of Santander | |
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In office 1 January 2008 – 1 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Hugo Heliodoro Aguilar Naranjo |
| Succeeded by | Richard Alfonso Aguilar Villa |
| Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States | |
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In office 10 March 2003 – 24 September 2004 |
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| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Humberto de la Calle Lombana |
| Succeeded by | Alvaro Tirado Mejía |
| 1st Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 1994–1997 |
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| President | Ernesto Samper Pizano |
| Preceded by | Fabio Villegas Ramírez |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Holmes Trujillo García |
| Co-President of the Constituent Assembly of Colombia |
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In office 5 February 1991 – 4 July 1991 Serving with Álvaro Gómez Hurtado and Antonio Navarro Wolff |
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| Inspector General of Colombia | |
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In office 1988–1989 |
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| President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso Gómez Méndez |
| Minister of Government | |
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In office 1990–1990 |
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| President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Preceded by | Carlos A Lemos Simmonds |
| Succeeded by | Julio César Sánchez García |
| Member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives |
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In office 1974–1985 |
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| Preceded by | Rogelio Ayala |
| Constituency | Santander |
| Personal details | |
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4 January 1943 Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Rosa Moncada Ruiz(1974—present) |
| Children | Sandra Serpa Moncada Rosa Serpa Moncada Horacio Serpa Moncada |
| Alma mater | University of Atlantico |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Horacio Serpa Uribe (born 3 January 1943) is a Colombian lawyer, politician and current Senator of Colombia. Serpa has run as the Colombian Liberal Party candidate for President of Colombia on three occasions; in 1998, 2002, and 2006. He previously served as congressman for Santander as Senator, Inspector General of Colombia, president of the National Constituent Assembly, Minister of the Interior, and as Ambassador of Colombia to the Organization of American States. He was also involved in the 8000 process scandal in which money from the Cali Cartel entered the presidential campaign of Liberal candidate Ernesto Samper. In 2007 Serpa ran for the governorship of Santander Department and was elected on October, 28 in the Colombian regional elections.
Horacio Serpa has worked in three branches of power in Colombia. After graduating as a lawyer from the Universidad del Atlántico in Barranquilla, Serpa went back to his native Santander Department and became a judge for the town of Tona. He later became a Penal Judge in the town of San Vicente de Chucurí and then Civil Municipal Judge for the town of Barrancabermeja. In Barrancabermeja Serpa also served as Criminal Investigator, Circuit Penal Judge and Superior Judge. During this time Serpa became interested in politics and began participating actively in the Liberal Revolutionary Movement (MRL) as member of the youths, this movement had been founded by Alfonso López Michelsen.
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