Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
Óscar Naranjo | |
Office: | 11th Vice President of Colombia |
President: | Juan Manuel Santos |
Term Start: | 29 March 2017 |
Term End: | 7 August 2018 |
Predecessor: | Germán Vargas Lleras |
Successor: | Marta Lucía Ramírez |
Office2: | High Advisor for Post-Conflict, Human Rights and Security |
President2: | Juan Manuel Santos |
Term Start2: | 2 September 2014 |
Term End2: | 24 November 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Position established |
Successor2: | Rafael Pardo Rueda |
Office3: | General of the National Police |
President3: | Alvaro Uribe Juan Manuel Santos |
Term Start3: | 17 May 2007 |
Term End3: | 12 June 2012 |
Predecessor3: | Jorge Daniel Castro |
Successor3: | José Roberto León |
Birth Name: | Óscar Adolfo Naranjo Trujillo |
Birth Date: | 22 December 1956 |
Birth Place: | Bogota, Colombia |
Party: | Social Party of National Unity |
Spouse: | [1] |
Alma Mater: | University of La Sabana Escuela de Guerra Superior |
Allegiance: | Colombia |
Branch: | National Polica |
Serviceyears: | 1992-2012 |
Rank: | General |
Commands: | Bogotá National Police |
Battles: | Colombian Internal Conflict War on Drugs |
Óscar Adolfo Naranjo Trujillo (born 22 December 1956) is a Colombian politician, political scientist, administrator and retired general who served as the 11th Vice President of Colombia from 2017 to 2018 under President Juan Manuel Santos. A retired General Naranjo served as General of the National Police from 2007 to 2012 and would later serve as High Advisor for Post-Conflict, Human Rights and Security from 2014 to 2015.[2]
Son of a General of the National Police, Francisco Naranjo. He married Claudia Luque in 1981 and obtained the title of political scientist from the University of La Sabana.[3]
Naranjo was born in Bogotá to Amparo Trujillo and Francisco Naranjo. He completed his high school degree at the Clasanz School in Bogotá, later he would study in Police Administration, as well as a postgraduate degree in Comprehensive Security. In 2009 he received a Diploma in General Management for the National Police at the Institute of Senior Business Management from the University of La Sabana for his high qualifications.[4] [5]