Viviane Morales Hoyos

Viviane Aleyda Morales Hoyos is a Colombian politician who currently serves as the Minister of National Education since August 2026. She was the 6th Attorney General of Colombia and the first woman to hold that post. She was elected by the Supreme Court of Justice out of a list of three candidates presented by President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón that also included Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero and Carlos Gustavo Arrieta Padilla. On 2 March 2012, she resigned days after her election as Attorney General was invalidated by the Council of State due to irregularities in her election. Her resignation was accepted on 5 March 2012 by the Supreme Court. She was a member of the Colombian Senate from 2014 until 2018.