Mariano Azuela Güitrón

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
President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office
1 January 2003 – 2 January 2007
Preceded byGenaro David Góngora
Succeeded byGuillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office
1 February 1995 – 30 November 2009
Appointed byErnesto Zedillo
Preceded bynew seat
Succeeded byLuis María Aguilar Morales
In office
10 May 1983 – 31 December 1994
Appointed byMiguel de la Madrid
Preceded byRaúl Lozano Ramírez
Succeeded byseat abolished
Personal details
Born (1936-04-01) 1 April 1936
Mexico City, Mexico
EducationNational Autonomous University of Mexico

Personal life and education

Azuela Güitrón 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

Azuela 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 (SCJN) and from January 2003 to January 2006 he served as its President (Chief Justice).

Legal offices
Preceded by
Genaro David Góngora Pimentel		 President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
January 1, 2003—Jan 2, 2007		 Succeeded by
Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "El Universal - - Senado elige dos nuevos ministros de la Corte".
  3. "Se despide Mariano Azuela Güitrón de la SCJN".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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