Office: | President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation |
Term Start: | 3 January 2015 |
Term End: | 31 December 2018 |
Predecessor: | Juan N. Silva Meza |
Successor: | Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea |
Office1: | Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation |
Term Start1: | 1 December 2009 |
Nominator1: | Felipe Calderón |
Predecessor1: | Mariano Azuela Güitrón |
Birth Name: | Luis María Aguilar Morales |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1949 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Education: | National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB) |
Luis María Aguilar Morales (born 4 November 1949) is a Mexican jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since December 2009.[1] He was President of the court between January 2015 and December 2018.
Born in Mexico City, Aguilar Morales studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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 Mariano Azuela Guitron.[2] Aguilar was confirmed by the Senate with 91 votes on December 1, 2009.[3]