María Isabel Perelló Doménech (born 18 March 1958) is a Spanish judge. Since 2009, she has served on the Supreme Court. In September 2024, she became the first woman to preside over the General Council of the Judiciary and the Supreme Court of Spain.[1][2]
Isabel Perelló | |
|---|---|
| President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary | |
| Assumed office 4 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Marín Castán (as president of the Supreme Court) Vicente Guilarte Gutiérrez (as president of the CGPJ) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Isabel Perelló Doménech 18 March 1958 Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain |
Biography
editBorn in Sabadell[3] on 18 March 1958,[4] Isabel Perelló began her judicial career in 1985 and held posts in the Court of First Instance and Instruction of Mahón (Menorca), in the Provincial Court of Barcelona and in the High Court of Justice of Catalonia. A specialist magistrate in contentious-administrative matters, she served in the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Andalusia in Seville (1991) and in that of the National High Court (1994). In 1993, she joined the Constitutional Court of Spain as a lawyer, a position she held until 2003.[5]
In 2009, she was promoted to the rank of magistrate of the Supreme Court of Spain and assigned to its Administrative Chamber.[6] In this position, she specialised in economic regulation, supervising the activity of regulatory bodies such as the National Commission for Markets and Competition and the Bank of Spain.[7]
In 2022, she was a candidate for judge of the Constitutional Court. In 2024, she was elected as president of the Supreme Court and of the General Council of the Judiciary, becoming the first woman to hold this position.[1][8] She was presented as a consensus candidate, obtaining the support of 16 of the 20 members of the council.[7]
She is a member of the association Judges for Democracy.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Jiménez, Pedro (3 September 2024). "Isabel Perelló se convierte en la primera mujer en presidir el Poder Judicial". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Martialay, Ángela (3 September 2024). "El CGPJ elige por 16 votos a la progresista Isabel Perelló como nueva presidenta del Poder Judicial". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Gallardo, Cristina; Vázquez, Ángeles (3 September 2024). "Isabel Perelló, la 'tapada' discreta y feminista que ha logrado superar los vetos para presidir el Supremo y el CGPJ". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Nace María Isabel Perelló Doménech, magistrada del Tribunal Supremo". Economist & Jurist (in Spanish). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Perelló Doménech, María Isabel". General Council of the Judiciary (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Real Decreto 635/2009, de 17 de abril, por el que se promueve a la categoría de Magistrada del Tribunal Supremo a doña María Isabel Perelló Domenech". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 17 April 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Gallardo, Cristina; Vázquez, Ángeles (3 September 2024). "El CGPJ elige a Isabel Perelló, primera mujer que presidirá este órgano y el Tribunal Supremo en España". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Corbacho, Javier (3 September 2024). "Isabel Perelló, primera mujer que preside el CGPJ y el Supremo como candidata de consenso". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
Literature
edit- La Europa de los derechos: el Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2005. ISBN 978-84-259-1299-3
