Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea explained

Arturo Zaldívar
Office:President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Term Start:2 January 2019
Term End:31 December 2022
Predecessor:Luis María Aguilar Morales
Successor:Norma Lucía Piña Hernández
Office2:Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Nominator2:Felipe Calderón
Appointer2:Senate of the Republic
Term Start2:1 December 2009
Term End2:15 November 2023
Predecessor2:Genaro David Góngora
Birth Name:Arturo Fernando Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea
Birth Date:9 August 1959
Birth Place:Querétaro City, Querétaro, México
Party:National Regeneration Movement
Education:Free 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. Web site: El Universal - - Perfil: Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea. archivo.eluniversal.com.mx.
  2. News: How Mexico's Top Justice, Raised Catholic, Became an Abortion Rights Champion. 26 August 2023. The New York Times. 9 July 2022 . Kitroeff . Natalie .
  3. Web site: Senado elige dos nuevos ministros de la Corte. Senate selects two new ministers to the Court. Gómez. Ricardo. Jiménez. Sergio Javier. 1 December 2009. El Universal. Mexico City . 1 July 2022.