Néstor Osuna

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Osuna and the second or maternal family name is Patiño.
Néstor Osuna
Osuna in 2024.
Delegate Inspector for the Defense of Human Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 16, 2025
IspectorGregorio Eljach
Preceded bySilvano Gómez
Minister of Justice
In office
August 7, 2022 – July 1, 2024
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byWilson Ruiz
Succeeded byÁngela María Buitrago
Magistrate of the Superior Council of Judicature
In office
January 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015
Co-Judge of the Constitutional Court
In office
May 10, 2005 – May 10, 2014
Personal details
Born
Néstor Iván Osuna Patiño

(1963-04-12) April 12, 1963
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseMauricio Arroyave
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer

Néstor Iván Osuna Patiño (born April 12, 1963)[1] is a Colombian lawyer, jugde and politician who has served as Delegate Inspector for the Defense of Human Rights of Colombia since 2025.[2][3] He previously served as a Co-Judge of the Constitutional Court, magistrate on the Superior Council of Judicature, and Minister of Justice and Law (2022–2024).[4][5]

Born in Bogotá, D.C., Osuna graduated from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. He holds a doctorate from the University of Salamanca.[6]

Minister of Justice

On August 7, 2022, he was appointed by President Gustavo Petro as Minister of Justice and Law of Colombia; being the fourth minister in the history of Colombia to be openly gay.[7][8] Days later, it was announced that he could not be sworn in, since he had requested a little more time to finish his work at the Universidad Externado de Colombia.[9][10] On the 17th of the same month, he was sworn in as minister.[4][11]

References

  1. ^ "Néstor Iván Osuna". La Silla Vacía. August 25, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. ^ Casas Santamaría, Alberto (August 25, 2023). "Néstor Osuna, el ministro perfecto". El País. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ López, Carlos (January 16, 2025). "Néstor Osuna, exministro del presidente Petro, ocupará alto cargo en la Procuraduría de Gregorio Eljach". El Tiempo. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Presidente Petro posesionó a Néstor Osuna como ministro de Justicia y Arturo Luna, ministro de Ciencia". Semana. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Néstor Osuna". Universidad Externado de Colombia.
  6. ^ "Él es Néstor Osuna, el nuevo ministro de Justicia de Gustavo Petro". El Tiempo. August 7, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Petro nombra a Néstor Osuna como Minjusticia; Catalina Velasco será Minvivienda". El Tiempo. August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  8. ^ "La historia de amor del ministro Néstor Osuna y el periodista Mauricio Arroyave". El Tiempo. August 23, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "Presidente Gustavo Petro posesionó a otros seis de sus ministros". El Universal. August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  10. ^ Franco, Lucía (August 11, 2022). "Gustavo Petro no posesiona a su polémica ministra de TIC". El País. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "Néstor Osuna es el nuevo ministro de Justicia". Ámbito Jurídico. August 7, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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