22 Facts About Horacio Serpa

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Horacio Serpa Uribe was a Colombian lawyer, politician and Senator.

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Horacio Serpa 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.

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Horacio Serpa was involved in the 8000 process scandal in which money from the Cali Cartel entered the presidential campaign of Liberal candidate Ernesto Samper.

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In 2007 Horacio Serpa ran for the governorship of Santander Department and was elected on 28 October in the regional elections.

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Horacio Serpa worked in three branches of government in Colombia.

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Horacio Serpa later became a Penal Judge in the town of San Vicente de Chucuri and then Civil Municipal Judge in Barrancabermeja.

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In Barrancabermeja Horacio Serpa served as Criminal Investigator, Circuit Penal Judge and Superior Judge.

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8.

Horacio Serpa concentrated his political efforts in the Magdalena medio, a convulsed region in which the ELN guerrilla was born.

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In 1970 Horacio Serpa was appointed Mayor of Barrancabermeja by Alfonso Gomez Gomez and later became Secretary of Education for the Santander Department.

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Horacio Serpa was re-elected for the periods of 1978 and 1982 under a movement founded by him, the Authentic Liberal Leftist Front aligned with the official Liberal party.

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Horacio Serpa served as Minister of Government, Minister of Interior, Presidential Peace Advisor and Ministry Delegate in Presidential Functions during the Liberal presidencies of Virgilio Barco and Ernesto Samper.

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Horacio Serpa was later elected to the National Constituent Assembly in 1991 in which he shared a collegiate presidency with Antonio Navarro Wolff and Alvaro Gomez Hurtado to create the Colombian Constitution of 1991.

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Horacio Serpa was then prospect for presidential candidate in 1998, but was shaded by Ernesto Samper.

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Horacio Serpa was then elected National Director of the Liberal party for the period 1998 to 1999.

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In 1981 Horacio Serpa met Ernesto Samper Pizano, who was working as debate chief of Alfonso Lopez Michelsen's second presidential campaign and became good friends.

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Horacio Serpa defended Samper against these allegations of drug money entering the campaign in which he was involved.

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Horacio Serpa has always been in favor of a peacefully negotiated solution.

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In 1992 under the government of Cesar Gaviria Horacio Serpa led the failed negotiation attempts with the ELN guerrillas in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

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Horacio Serpa opposed the CONVIVIR groups created by Fernando Botero, a group of self-defense groups intended to improve security in areas were the government couldn't reach.

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Horacio Serpa then traveled to Bonn, Germany, where the Colombian government and local government of Bonn were again trying to negotiate with the ELN guerrillas, but these peace talks failed.

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On 12 March 2006 Horacio Serpa was selected as candidate for the Colombian Liberal Party for the presidency of Colombia.

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On 28 October 2007 Horacio Serpa was elected Governor of the Department of Santander by popular vote in the regional elections.