Edgardo José Maya Villazón (born July 24, 1951) is a Colombian lawyer, and former

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and

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Early years

Edgardo Maya studied in the

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high school in

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. After he studied law and graduated from the

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where he also did postgraduate studies in

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and social security, among others.

Career

Maya began working as a

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in the city of Valledupar where he became sectional manager of the Social Security Institute. Later he was appointed President of the Superior Council of the

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(UPC). He became a law professor at the

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and

in which he taught labor and collective law for undergraduate and graduate students. He was also an auxiliary magistrate of the Labor Cassation Chamber of the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice. He was also

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's Auxiliary Comptroller and member of the Redaction Commission of the Statutory Law for Justice Administration and also participated in the reform to the Unique Disciplinary Code (Law 200 of 1995). In 1999, Maya was a delegate of the International Labour Organization. He later became a magistrate of the Superior Council of the Judicature's Jurisdictional Disciplinary Chamber, as president and vice president.

Inspector General

On January 13, 2001 Maya was appointed

for the 2001–2005 period. The

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reappointed Edgardo Maya as for the period of 2005–2009 after a voting session in the

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on November 9, 2004. Maya's appointment ceremony took place in the Casa de Nariño Presidential Palace. This reelection was the cause of numerous criticisms In 2006 and 2007 Maya was questioned by the Colombian media, opposition politicians and others for the involvement of some members of his

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in a

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. His stepson

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, Hernando Molina was accused of being part of an AUC paramilitary bloc and for benefiting from the paramilitary support to threaten other candidates running for Governor to resign. His nephew in law and former

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and his father Álvaro Araújo Noguera (Maya's brother in law) were also questioned and indicted in parapolitics related activities.

Comptroller General of the Republic

Maya was appointed Comptroller General of the Republic on August 19, 2014, and finished his appointment on August, 2018.

References

External links

President of Colombia; Edgardo Maya appointed for a second term as Attorney General of Colombia
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