Sergio García Ramírez

Sergio García Ramírez (born February 1, 1938) is a Mexican jurist and politician who currently serves as a judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Sergio García Ramírez
President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In office
2004–2007
Preceded byAntônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
Succeeded byCecilia Medina Quiroga
Justice of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Assumed office
1997
Preceded byHéctor Fix Zamudio
Attorney General of Mexico
In office
December 1, 1982 – November 30, 1988
PresidentMiguel de la Madrid
Preceded byOscar Flores Sánchez
Succeeded byEnrique Álvarez del Castillo
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare
In office
December 28, 1981 – November 30, 1982
PresidentJosé López Portillo
Preceded byJavier García Paniagua
Succeeded byArsenio Farell Cubillas
Personal details
Born (1938-02-01) February 1, 1938
Guadalajara, Jalisco,  Mexico
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
UNAM (Juris Doctor)
WebsiteOfficial website

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, García Ramírez undertook his university studies at the school of law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. He obtained his bachelor's degree in 1963 with an honorable mention, and he obtained his Ph.D. in 1971, receiving the first Magna cum laude awarded for a UNAM Ph.D. in law. He is an official investigator in the Institute of Juridical Investigations and an official professor in the School of Law of the same university. He is a National Investigator, level III, in the National System of Investigators. Since 1993 he has been a member of the Governing Board of the UNAM.

Political career

García Ramírez has been a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1961. He occupied different positions under the PRI regime and served in the cabinet of President José López Portillo as Secretary of Labor and then in the cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid as Attorney General.[1] In 1988 he lost the PRI internal bid for the party presidential candidacy against Carlos Salinas de Gortari. García Ramírez has never been elected to public office

References
  1. "Shots Fired At Mexican Police Looking For Bodies". Toledo Blade. November 4, 1985. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
Preceded by
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade		 President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
2004–2007		 Succeeded by
Cecilia Medina Quiroga
Preceded by
Héctor Fix Zamudio		 Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
1997–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Óscar Flores Sánchez		 Attorney General
1982–1988		 Succeeded by
Enrique Álvarez del Castillo
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