Jorge Fernando Perdomo

Jorge Fernando Torres
Acting Attorney General of Colombia
In office
March 29, 2016 – July 31, 2016
Preceded byLuis Eduardo Montealegre
Succeeded byNéstor Humberto Martínez
6th Deputy Attorney General of Colombia
In office
June 2, 2012 – March 26, 2016
Appointed byLuis Eduardo Montealegre
Preceded byMartha Lucía Zamora
Succeeded byMaría Paulina Riveros
Deputy Minister of Criminal Policy and Restorative Justice
In office
April 6, 2011 – June 2, 2012
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byMiguel Samper
Succeeded byOlga Claros
Personal details
Born
Jorge Fernando Perdomo Torres

(1975-02-19) February 19, 1975
Gigante, Huila, Colombia
Political partyIndependent (2012-present)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (2002–2012)
Alma mater
Profession

Jorge Fernando Perdomo Torres (born February 19, 1975) is a Colombian lawyer who served as Deputy Minister of Criminal Policy and Restorative Justice from 2011 to 2012 under Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra, Deputy Attorney General of Colombia from 2012 to 2016 and as Acting Attorney General of Colombia from June to August 2016, appointed by the Constitutional Court during the election process of a new Attorney General.[1][2][3]

Born in Gigante, Huila, he earned a law degree from the Externado University of Colombia and later a master's and doctorate in law from the University of Bonn. He later completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Victimology at the University of Seville.

References

  1. ^ "Jorge Fernando Perdomo". La Silla Vacía. February 12, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  2. ^ "Jorge Fernando Perdomo asume como vicefiscal general de la Nación". Ámbito Jurídico. April 16, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  3. ^ "Jorge Perdomo asumió como nuevo Fiscal General". El Colombiano. March 29, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2025.