Mauricio Lizcano

Mauricio Lizcano
Official portrait, 2023
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications
In office
1 May 2023 – 27 January 2025
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded bySandra Urrutia
Succeeded byJulián Molina
General Director of Administrative Department of the Presidency
In office
7 August 2022 – 1 May 2023
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byVíctor Manuel Muñoz
Succeeded byCarlos Ramón González
President of the Senate
In office
20 July 2016 – 20 July 2017
Preceded byLuis Fernando Velasco
Succeeded byEfraín Cepeda
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 2010 – 20 July 2018
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
20 July 2006 – 20 July 2010
ConstituencyCaldas
Personal details
BornÓscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango
(1976-08-12) 12 August 1976
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
PartyIndependent (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
Union Party for the People (2006-2021)
Spouse
Catalina Mesa
(m. 2006)
Education
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Óscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango (born 12 August 1976) is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Information Technologies and Communications from 2023 to 2025 under President Gustavo Petro. Lizcano has served as General Director of Administrative Department of the Presidency and President of the Senate.

Born in Medellín, Antioquia, Lizcano holds a degree in Law from the Del Rosario University. He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives for Caldas in 2006 and later as a Senator in 2010, a position he held for eight years.