Mariano Azuela Güitrón (born 1 April 1936 in Mexico City) is a Mexican jurist who was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) from 1983 to 2009 and served as its president (chief justice) from 2003 to 2007.[1][2][3][4]
Mariano Azuela Güitrón | |
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| President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 2 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Genaro David Góngora |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
| In office 1 February 1995 – 30 November 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Preceded by | new seat |
| Succeeded by | Luis María Aguilar Morales |
| In office 10 May 1983 – 31 December 1994 | |
| Appointed by | Miguel de la Madrid |
| Preceded by | Raúl Lozano Ramírez |
| Succeeded by | seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1936 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB) |
Personal life and education
editGüitrón is the son of Mariano Azuela Rivera – who also served as a Minister of the Supreme Court (Associate Justice) – and María de los Dolores Güitrón Machaen; he is also the grandson of Mariano Azuela González, a prominent novelist of the Mexican Revolutionary period. He is married to Consuelo Bohigas Lomelín. Azuela graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1959.
Judicial career
editAzuela Güitrón served as magistrate (1971 – 1983) and president (1981) of the Fiscal Tribunal of the Federation. He was a long-serving member of the faculty at the Ibero-American University in Mexico City, which he joined in 1963.
In 1983 he joined the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and from January 2003 to January 2006 served as its president (chief justice).
References
edit- ^ "Ministro Mariano Azuela Güitrón". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "El Universal - - Senado elige dos nuevos ministros de la Corte".
- ^ "Se despide Mariano Azuela Güitrón de la SCJN".
- ^ "El Porvenir | Nacional / Nacional | Se despide Mariano Azuela Güitrón de la SCJN". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
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