Ernestina Godoy Ramos Explained

Ernestina Godoy Ramos
Birth Date:17 January 1954
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation:Lawyer, politician
Alma Mater:National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB)
Party:Morena
Term Start1:December 5, 2018
Predecessor1:Edmundo Garrido Osornio
Office2:Deputy of the Congress of Mexico
Constituency2:Fourth District of Mexico City
Term Start2:September 1, 2015
Term End2:August 31, 2018
Predecessor2:Carlos Augusto Morales López
Successor2:Gerardo Fernández Noroña
Office3:Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City
Term Start3:December 5, 2012
Term End3:August 31, 2015

Ernestina Godoy Ramos (born January 17, 1954) is a Mexican lawyer and civil servant who has been the since December 5, 2018. She is a founding member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).

Career

Born on January 17, 1954,[1] Ernestina Godoy Ramos graduated from the Law School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.[2]

She founded various civil society organizations, such as the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, Civic Alliance, and Convergence of Civil Organizations for Democracy. In 1985, she set up an office to give legal assistance to victims of the Mexico City earthquake.[3]

She was a civil society representative in the Commission for Monitoring and Verification of the San Andrés Accords signed by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the government.[4]

As a public official, Godoy was Director of Delegation Development in Iztapalapa, Coordinator of Legal Affairs in the Social Prosecutor's Office of Mexico City, and General Legal and Legislative Studies Director in the Judicial and Legal Services Council of the Federal District.[5]

In her political career she was a local deputy in the 6th Legislature of the Mexico City Assembly and a federal deputy in the 63rd Legislature of the Mexican Congress.[2] She was also a local deputy in the 1st Legislature of the Congress of Mexico City, coordinating the MORENA parliamentary group.[2] [6]

On November 22, 2018, mayor Claudia Sheinbaum named Godoy as Mexico City's next Attorney General.[7] She took office on December 5.[8]

Godoy Ramos sought election as one of Mexico City's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the second place on the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition's two-name formula alongside Omar García Harfuch.[9] Despite the coalition's victory in the election, Godoy was later named president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's choice for ; her senate seat will therefore be assumed by her substitute, Karen Castrejón of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ernestina Godoy: quien quiera dinero que no se meta de político . Ernestina Godoy: Whoever Wants Money Does Not Become a Politician . Selene . Ávila . Político.mx . Spanish . 2018-11-24 . 2019-09-01.
  2. News: Perfil. Ernestina Godoy, coordinadora electa de Morena para primer Congreso de CDMX . Profile. Ernestina Godoy, Elected Coordinator of Morena for the First Mexico City Congress . Diana . Villavicencio . . Mexico City . Spanish . 2018-07-25 . 2019-09-01.
  3. News: Ernestina Godoy, experimentada defensora social . Ernestina Godoy, Experienced Social Advocate . Georgina . Olson . . Mexico City . Spanish . 2018-09-09 . 2019-09-01.
  4. News: Quién es Ernestina Godoy y cuál es su cercanía con Clara Brugada . Who is Ernestina Godoy and What is Her Proximity to Clara Brugada . Luis . Serieys . Capital México . Spanish . 2018-07-27 . 2019-09-01.
  5. News: Ernestina Godoy, la próxima fiscal general de la Ciudad de México . Ernestina Godoy, the Next Attorney General of Mexico City . Georgia . Olson . . Mexico City . Spanish . 2018-11-22 . 2019-09-01.
  6. Web site: Procuradora General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México . Attorney General of Mexico City . . Spanish . 2019-09-01 . July 6, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706053921/https://www.pgj.cdmx.gob.mx/secretaria/estructura/1 . dead .
  7. Web site: Ella es Ernestina Godoy, la próxima procuradora de la CDMX . She is Ernestina Godoy, the Next Attorney General of Mexico City . Polemón . Spanish . 2018-11-23 . 2019-09-01.
  8. News: Asume Ernestina Godoy Ramos como procuradora capitalina . Ernestina Godoy Takes Over as Capital Attorney . Filiberto . Cruz Monroy . . Mexico City . Spanish . 2018-12-05 . 2019-09-01.
  9. Web site: Elecciones 2024: Candidatas y candidatos . Instituto Nacional Electoral . 28 May 2024.
  10. News: Mayen . Baruc . Quién es Karen Castrejón Trujillo, la presidenta del PVEM que suplirá a Ernestina Godoy en la Cámara de Senadores . 20 June 2024 . Infobae . 20 June 2024.