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Margarita Beatriz Luna

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Justice
Margarita Beatriz Luna
Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office
February 2004 – Yasmín Esquivel Mossa
Preceded byJuventino Víctor Castro y Castro
Succeeded byYasmín Esquivel Mossa

Justice Margarita Beatriz Luna Ramos (born January 4, 1956) is a Mexican jurist and former member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) February 2004 to February 2019.[1]

Born in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Luna Ramos studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

President Vicente Fox nominated her as a Minister (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left after the retirement of Juventino Víctor Castro y Castro in 2003. Luna Ramos was confirmed by the Senate with 83 votes in February 2004.

Studies

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In her home state of Chiapas she completed her undergraduate studies and started studying law, and finished her graduate studies in the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she obtained a Masters and Doctoral degree in Constitutional and Administrative Law. During her academic pursuits she obtained several other degrees, which consist of: judicial specialization in the Institute of Judicial Specialization of the Council of the Federal Judicature; the Diploma on International Commercial Arbitration taught at the Escuela Libre de Derecho and the course on American Law at Ibero University.

References

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  1. ^ Edmonds-Poli, Emily; Shirk, David A. (2009). Contemporary Mexican politics. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7425-4048-4. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
Legal offices
Preceded by Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
February 2004–February 2019
Succeeded by