Fiscal General de la Nación

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Fiscal General de la Nación is the Spanish title for Colombia’s Attorney General, the top official responsible for directing criminal investigations and public prosecutions in the country.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fiscal General de la Nación canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf attorney general ⓘ
head of prosecuting authority ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Colombia ⓘ
canDelegateTo Deputy Attorneys General ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
createdBy 1991 Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
EnglishName Attorney General of Colombia ⓘ
hasPower decide whether to prosecute ⓘ
enter plea agreements within legal limits ⓘ
order criminal investigations ⓘ
independence institutionally independent from the executive branch ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
legalNature autonomous organ of the state ⓘ
legalSystem Colombian legal system ⓘ
nominatedFromListProposedBy President of Colombia ⓘ
officialLanguageOfTitle Spanish ⓘ
oversees Fiscalía General de la Nación (Colombian Office of the Attorney General) ⓘ
partOf Public Ministry of Colombia ⓘ
reelection not immediately reeligible ⓘ
reportsTo no direct hierarchical superior within the executive branch ⓘ
responsibleFor bringing criminal charges ⓘ
directing the police in criminal investigations ⓘ
investigation of crimes ⓘ
protecting victims and witnesses in criminal proceedings ⓘ
representing the state in criminal trials ⓘ
role direct criminal investigations ⓘ
direct public prosecutions ⓘ
head of the Fiscalía General de la Nación ⓘ
seat Bogotá ⓘ
subjectTo constitutional control by the Constitutional Court of Colombia ⓘ
political control by Congress of Colombia ⓘ
supervises prosecutors in Colombia ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
titleGenderForm Fiscal General de la Nación (masculine) / Fiscal General de la Nación (feminine) ⓘ
worksWith Judiciary of Colombia ⓘ
National Police of Colombia ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attorney General of Colombia → alsoKnownAs → Fiscal General de la Nación ⓘ
Attorney General of Colombia → nativeLabel → Fiscal General de la Nación ⓘ
Fiscalía General de la Nación → headOfGovernmentBody → Fiscal General de la Nación ⓘ