Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zaldívar and the second or maternal family name is Lelo de Larrea.
Arturo Zaldívar
President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office
2 January 2019 – 31 December 2022
Preceded byLuis María Aguilar Morales
Succeeded byNorma Lucía Piña Hernández
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office
1 December 2009 – 15 November 2023
Nominated byFelipe Calderón
Appointed bySenate of the Republic
Preceded byGenaro David Góngora
Succeeded byLenia Batres
Personal details
Born
Arturo Fernando Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea

(1959-08-09) 9 August 1959 (age 65)
Querétaro City, Querétaro, México
Political partyNational Regeneration Movement
EducationFree School of Law (LLB)
National Autonomous University of Mexico (SJD)

Arturo Fernando Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea (born 9 August 1959) is a Mexican lawyer who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since December 2009.[1] Zaldívar served as President of the Court (Chief Justice) from 2 January 2019, to 1 January 2023.

Biography

He obtained his law degree at the Escuela Libre de Derecho (ELD) and completed a Law PhD at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has tenure of second year Constitutional Law at ELD and is Graduate School Professor at the same school of both Constitutional Law and Constitutional Procedure. He is also Professor of the Law Faculty at UNAM, of the LL.M. program at the Universidad Panamericana (UP), and of the LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) at Universidad Iberoamericana. He was a member of the commission created by the Supreme Court, in charge of reforming the Ley de Amparo (the law concerning the partial judicial review and the protection of the civil rights embedded in the Constitution).

He was a consultant for the Law division of the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) regarding the design of the Graduate Program in Administrative Law, member of the academic committees of the Instituto de la Judicatura Federal (Institute of Federal Judicature) and the Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (Federal Electoral Tribunal).

He held a private practice for 25 years.

He was founder and Vice President of the Instituto Mexicano de Derecho Procesal Constitucional (Mexican Institute of Constitutional Procedure), member of the Mexican division of the directive committee of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Procesal Constitucional (Iberoamerican Institute of Procedural Constitutional Law), member of the graduate school counsel of Constitutional Law and Human Rights program at UP, member of the Barra Mexicana-Colegio de Abogados (Mexican Bar and Advocate’s College). He is also member of several Law Review committees and consultant for a number of Law Schools and Law Institutes in the Country and the region.

He is the author of Hacia una nueva ley de Amparo (Towards a new Ley de Amparo) and has published more than seventy essays in specialized journals and international publications.

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

In 2009 President Felipe Calderón nominated him as a Minister (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left after the retirement of Genaro David Góngora Pimentel.[2] Zaldívar was confirmed by the Senate with 90 votes on 1 December 2009.[3]

References

  1. ^ "El Universal - - Perfil: Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea". archivo.eluniversal.com.mx.
  2. ^ Kitroeff, Natalie (9 July 2022). "How Mexico's Top Justice, Raised Catholic, Became an Abortion Rights Champion". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ Gómez, Ricardo; Jiménez, Sergio Javier (1 December 2009). "Senado elige dos nuevos ministros de la Corte" [Senate selects two new ministers to the Court]. El Universal. Mexico City. Retrieved 1 July 2022.