Guillermo Mendoza (lawyer)

Guillermo Mendoza
Guillermo Mendoza
Acting Attorney General of Colombia
	In office; August 1, 2008 – January 11, 2011
Preceded by	Mario Iguarán
Succeeded by	Viviane Morales
2nd Deputy Attorney General of Colombia
	In office; September 26, 2006 – July 31, 2008
Appointed by	Mario Iguarán
Preceded by	Jorge Armando Otálora
Succeeded by	Martha Lucía Zamora
Personal details
Born	Guillermo Ignacio Mendoza Diago; June 5, 1949; Cienaga de Oro, Córdoba, Colombia
Political party	Independent (2008-present)
Other political; affiliations	Liberal (2002-2008)
Spouse	Norah Vélez (m. 1994)
Alma mater	University of Cartagena (LLB)
Profession	Lawyer; Jurist;

Guillermo Ignacio Mendoza Diago (born June 5, 1949) is a Colombian lawyer and jurist who served as Deputy Attorney General of Colombia^[1] from 2006 to 2008 and as Acting Attorney General of Colombia from 2009 to 2011, appointed by the Constitutional Court during the election process of a new Attorney General.^[2]^[3]

Born in Cienaga de Oro, Córdoba, he graduated in law from the University of Cartagena and served as a Mixed Judge of San Andrés from 1974 to 1976 and subsequently as a Criminal Judge of Sincelejo from 1976 to 1979. Mendoza has been the Acting Attorney General with the longest term, a total of one year.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Los retos del nuevo vicefiscal". Caracol. September 27, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
^ "La Corte encargó al vicefiscal Mendoza como Fiscal General". El Tiempo. July 30, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
^ "Fiscal general (e.), Guillermo Mendoza, se queda en el cargo hasta que nombren reemplazo". El Tiempo. September 17, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
^ "Guillermo Mendoza Diago". El Espectador. December 11, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2005.
^ González, Néstor Julio (September 26, 2006). "Guillermo Mendoza Diago, nuevo vicefiscal general de la nación". WRadio. Retrieved May 5, 2025.