Ernestina Godoy Ramos (born January 17, 1954) is a Mexican lawyer and civil servant who has been the since December 5, 2018. She is a founding member of the
National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).
Career
Born on January 17, 1954, Ernestina Godoy Ramos graduated from the Law School of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
.
She founded various civil society organizations, such as the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, Civic Alliance, and Convergence of Civil Organizations for Democracy. In 1985, she set up an office to give legal assistance to victims of the
Mexico City earthquake
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City are ...
.
She was a civil society representative in the Commission for Monitoring and Verification of the
San Andrés Accords signed by the
Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the government.
As a public official, Godoy was Director of Delegation Development in
Iztapalapa, Coordinator of Legal Affairs in the Social Prosecutor's Office of Mexico City, and General Legal and Legislative Studies Director in the Judicial and Legal Services Council of the Federal District.
In her political career she was a local deputy in the 6th Legislature of the
Mexico City Assembly and a federal deputy in the
63rd Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
[ She was also a local deputy in the 1st Legislature of the , coordinating the MORENA parliamentary group.][
On November 22, 2018, mayor ]Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican scientist, politician, and head of government of Mexico City, a position equivalent to a state governor. She was elected on 1 July 2018 as part of the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition. Sh ...
named Godoy as Mexico City's next Attorney General. She took office on December 5.
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1954 births
20th-century Mexican lawyers
21st-century Mexican politicians
Living people
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Members of the Congress of Mexico City
Mexican women lawyers
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Morena (political party) politicians
Politicians from Mexico City
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
20th-century women lawyers
Deputies of the LXIII Legislature of Mexico