Óscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango (born August 12, 1976) is a Colombian politician and

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, 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

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in the period 2016 and 2017. He is Minister of Information Technology and Communications since May 1, 2023.

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