Attorney General of Colombia

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]

Attorney General of the Nation
Incumbent Luz Adriana Camargo since March 22, 2024
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.fiscalia.gov.co

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]

Election process

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]

List

No.	Portrait	Name	Prior experience	State of residence	Took office	Left office	Deputy Attorney(s)
1		Gustavo de Greiff	Lawyer, 115th Rector of the Rosary University	Bogotá, D.C.	April 1, 1992	August 17, 1994	Carlos Arrieta
2		Alfonso Valdivieso	Lawyer, Minister of National Education	Santander	August 18, 1994	May 8, 1997	None
3		Alfonso Gómez Méndez	Lawyer, Inspector General	Tolima	July 3, 1997	July 3, 2001
4		Luis Camilo Osorio	Lawyer, National Civil Registrar	Antioquia	August 1, 2001	July 31, 2005	Jorge Armando Otálora
5		Mario Iguarán	Lawyer, Deputy Minister of the Justice	Bogotá, D.C.	August 1, 2005	July 31, 2009	Guillermo Mendoza[a]
6		Viviane Morales	Lawyer, Senator of Colombia	Bogotá, D.C.	January 3, 2011	March 5, 2012	Juan Carlos Forero
							Wilson Alejandro Martínez
							Martha Lucía Zamora[b]
7		Luis Eduardo Montealegre	Lawyer, Magistrat of the Constitutional Court	Tolima	March 29, 2012	March 28, 2016	Jorge Fernando Perdomo[c]
8		Néstor Humberto Martínez	Lawyer, Minister of the Interior	Bogotá, D.C.	August 1, 2016	May 21, 2019	María Paulina Riveros
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[d]
10		Luz Adriana Camargo	Lawyer, Head of Investigation and Litigation of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala	Bogotá, D.C.	March 12, 2024	Incumbent	Gilberto Guerrero

See also

• Judicial Branch of Colombia

Notes

1. as acting attorney general from August 1, 2008 to January 11, 2011.
2. as acting attorney general from March 6, 2012 to March 29, 2012.
3. as acting attorney general from March 29, 2016 to July 31, 2016.
4. as acting attorney general from February 13, 2024 to March 12, 2024.