Mauricio Lizcano | |
Office: | Minister of Information Technologies and Communications |
President: | Gustavo Petro |
Term Start: | May 1, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Sandra Urrutia |
Office2: | General Director of the DAPR |
President2: | Gustavo Petro |
Term Start2: | August 7, 2022 |
Term End2: | May 1, 2023 |
Predecessor2: | Victor Manuel Muñoz |
Successor2: | Carlos Ramón González |
Office3: | President of the Senate |
Term Start3: | July 20, 2016 |
Term End3: | July 20, 2017 |
Predecessor3: | Luis Fernando Velasco |
Successor3: | Efraín Cepeda |
Office4: | Senator of Colombia |
Term Start4: | July 20, 2010 |
Term End4: | July 20, 2018 |
Office5: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives |
Constituency5: | Caldas |
Term Start5: | July 20, 2006 |
Term End5: | July 20, 2010 |
Birth Name: | Óscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1976 |
Birth Place: | Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia |
Party: | Party of the U (2006-2021)[1] |
Education: | University del Rosario (BL). Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT |
Óscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango (born August 12, 1976) is a Colombian politician and lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the University of the Rosario. He was elected member of the Chamber of Representatives in 2006, senator of Colombia in 2010, and re-elected again in 2014. He is the son of former representative Óscar Tulio Lizcano, kidnapped in 2000 by members of the FARC guerrillas, from where he ran to escape in 2008. He served as President of the Senate in the period 2016 and 2017. He is Minister of Information Technology and Communications since May 1, 2023.[2] [3] [4]
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