Olga Sánchez Cordero

Olga Sánchez Cordero
Secretary of the Interior
Designate
Assuming office
1 December 2018
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Elect)
Succeeding Alfonso Navarrete Prida
Senator of Mexico
Proportional representation
Assumed office
1 September 2018
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office
26 January 1995 – 30 November 2015
Appointed by Ernesto Zedillo
Succeeded by Norma Lucía Piña Hernández
Personal details
Born Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila
1947
Mexico City, Mexico
Political party National Regeneration Movement
Spouse(s) Eduardo García Villegas
Children 3
Education National Autonomous University of Mexico

Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila (born 1947) is a Mexican politician and former jurist who served as a jurist on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from 26 January 1995 to 30 November 2015.[1]

Career

Born in Mexico City, Sánchez Cordero studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Sánchez Cordero was the first female notary public in Mexico City. She was appointed Minister (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) by Ernesto Zedillo and confirmed by the Senate on 26 January 1995. She was the ninth woman to hold a seat on the SCJN. She left on 30 November 2015.[2]

In December 2017, Andrés Manuel López Obrador released his proposed cabinet listing and had Sánchez Cordero as his pick for Secretary of Interior.[3]

She is a Senator in Mexico's LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress until López Obrador's inauguration on 1 December 2018.

Political views

She has announced her intention to propose decriminalization of recreational marijuana.[4] She also intends to decriminalize abortion throughout the country.[5]

Personal life

She is married to Eduardo García Villegas and has 3 children.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Dillon, Sam (25 August 2000). "Mexico Court Makes History By Siding With Congress". The New York Times. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Aranda, Jesús. "Juan N. Silva Meza y Olga Sánchez Cordero, "mancuerna de jueces por la libertad"". La Jornada. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Presenta AMLO Gabinete para Presidencia 2018-2024 #GabineteAMLO – AMLO". lopezobrador.org.mx. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Angell, Tom (3 July 2018). "Where Mexico's Next President Stands On Marijuana". Marijuana Moment. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Próximo gobierno buscará la despenalización del aborto en todo el país". SDPnoticias. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "El perfil de Olga Sánchez Cordero (parte I)". RSVP. Retrieved 13 July 2018.


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