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Horacio Serpa Uribe
Serpa campaigning in 2006
Senator of Colombia
In office 20 July 2014 (2014-07-20) – 20 July 2018
In office 1985–1988
Governor of Santander
In office 1 January 2008 – 1 January 2012
Preceded by
Hugo Heliodoro Aguilar Naranjo
Succeeded by
Richard Alfonso Aguilar Villa
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States
In office 10 March 2003 – 24 September 2004
President
Álvaro Uribe
Preceded by
Humberto de la Calle Lombana
Succeeded by
Alvaro Tirado Mejía
1st Minister of the Interior
In office 1994–1997
President
Ernesto Samper
Preceded by
Fabio Villegas Ramírez
Succeeded by
Carlos Holmes Trujillo García
Co-President of the Constituent Assembly of Colombia
In office 5 February 1991 – 4 July 1991
Serving with Álvaro Gómez Hurtado and Antonio Navarro Wolff
Preceded by
Office created
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Inspector General of Colombia
In office 1988–1989
President
Virgilio Barco Vargas
Succeeded by
Alfonso Gómez Méndez
Minister of Government
In office 1990–1990
President
Virgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded by
Carlos A Lemos Simmonds
Succeeded by
Julio César Sánchez García
Member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives
In office 1974–1985
Preceded by
Rogelio Ayala
Constituency
Santander
Personal details
Born
Horacio Serpa Uribe
4 January 1943 Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
Died
31 October 2020(2020-10-31) (aged 77) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
Political party
Liberal
Spouse
Rosa Moncada Ruiz(1974—present)
Children
Sandra Serpa Moncada Rosa Serpa Moncada Horacio Serpa Moncada
Alma mater
University of Atlantico
Profession
Lawyer, politician
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Serpa and the second or maternal family name is Uribe.
Horacio Serpa Uribe (4 January 1943 – 31 October 2020)[1] was a Colombian lawyer, politician and Senator. Serpa ran as the Colombian Liberal Party candidate for President 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 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 28 October in the regional elections.
^"Falleció a los 77 años el excandidato a la presidencia Horacio Serpa". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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of Representatives investigate him. July 28: Secretary of Interior HoracioSerpa censors the Under-prosecutor General Adolfo Salamanca, and accused him...
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