The new official has a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a specialist in constitutional and administrative law from the same house of studies. She is also a specialist in criminal law from the Universidad Panamericana.
The plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) of Mexico elected this Monday, December 30, in a closed vote, Minister Norma Piña as the new president for the period 2022-2026. After this, she became the first woman to chair this body in Mexican history.
In a solemn and public session that took place at the headquarters of the country’s highest court, the other ministers elected Piña with six votes out of 11 as the new head of the SCJN among five candidates.
«Being the first woman to preside over this highest court, I also represent women; On our behalf, I thank my colleagues for their consistency, I recognize the extremely important determination of the majority of this plenary court to break what seemed like an inaccessible glass ceiling,” Piña said in his first speech after taking office.
Piña, a minister since 2015 proposed by then-President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), was elected after a controversial process for the candidacy of Yasmín Esquivel, a minister close to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, accused of plagiarizing her bachelor’s thesis. In addition, he will succeed Arturo Zaldívar, accused of being “too close” to the Mexican president, who had proposed a legal reform to extend his term before the SCJN.
The new official has a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a specialist in constitutional and administrative law from the same house of studies; She is a specialist in criminal law from the Universidad Panamericana, and a master’s degree in legal argumentation from the University of Alicante, Spain.
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