Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
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The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, or SCJN) is the highest federal court in the United Mexican States. It consists of a President of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice) and ten Ministers (Associate Justices) who are confirmed by the Senate from a list proposed by the President of the Republic.
Justices of the SCJN serve for fifteen years and are not eligible to serve a second term. From among their number, the justices elect the President of the Court to serve a four-year period; a given justice may serve more than one term as president, but not in consecutive periods.
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[edit] Current composition
Justices of the SCJN are:
- Chief Justice Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
- Justice Mariano Azuela Güitrón
- Justice José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo
- Justice Juan N. Silva Meza
- Justice Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
- Justice Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano
- Justice Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila de García Villegas
- Justice José Ramón Cossío Díaz
- Justice Margarita Beatriz Luna Ramos
- Justice Sergio Armando Valls Hernández
- Justice José Fernando Franco González-Salas
[edit] Chief Justices
The following have held the position of Chief Justice ("Presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación") under the 1917 Constitution:
- 1917–1919: Enrique M. del Río
- 1919–1920: Ernesto Garza Pérez
- 1920–1922: Enrique Moreno Pérez
- 1922–1923: Gustavo A. Vicencio
- 1923–1924: Francisco Modesto Ramírez
- 1924–1925: Gustavo A. Vicencio
- 1925–1927: Manuel Padilla
- 1927–1928: Francisco Díaz Lombardo
- 1928–1929: Jesús Guzmán Vaca
- 1929–1933: Julio García
- 1934: Francisco H. Ruiz
- 1934–1940: Daniel V. Valencia
- 1941–1951: Salvador Urbina
- 1952: Roque Estrada Reynoso
- 1953: Hilario Medina
- 1954: José María Ortiz Tirado
- 1955–1956: Vicente Santos Guajardo
- 1957: Hilario Medina
- 1958: Agapito Pozo Balbás
- 1959–1964: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra
- 1965–1968: Agapito Pozo Balbás
- 1969–1973: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra
- 1974–1975: Euquerio Guerrero López
- 1976: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández
- 1977–1981: Agustín Téllez Cruces
- 1982: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández
- 1982–1985: Jorge Iñárritu y Ramírez de Aguilar
- 1986–1990: Carlos del Río Rodríguez
- 1991–1994: Ulises Schmill Ordóñez
- 1995–1999: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán
- 1999–2002: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
- 2002–2006: Mariano Azuela Güitrón
- 2007– Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia
[edit] Associate Justices (Minister)
The following have held the position of Associate Justice ("Ministero de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación") under the 1917 Constitution:
- 1917–1919: porque no te callas
- 1919–1920: porque no te callas
- 1920–1922: porque no te callas
- 1922–1923: porque no te callas
- 1923–1924: porque no te callas
- 1924–1925: porque no te callas
- 1925–1927: porque no te callas
- 1927–1928: porque no te callas
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official site
