Mariano Azuela Güitrón (born 1 April 1936 in

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) is a Mexican

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who was a member of the

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(SCJN) from 1983 to 2009 and served as its president (chief justice) from 2003 to 2007.

Personal life and education

Güitrón is the son of Mariano Azuela Rivera – who also served as a Minister of the Supreme Court (

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) – and María de los Dolores Güitrón Machaen; he is also the grandson of Mariano Azuela González, a prominent novelist of the

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ary period. He is married to Consuelo Bohigas Lomelín. Azuela graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from the

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(UNAM) in 1959.

Judicial career

Azuela Güitrón served as magistrate (1971 – 1983) and president (1981) of the Fiscal Tribunal of the Federation. He was a long-serving member of the faculty at the

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, which he joined in 1963. In 1983 he joined the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and from January 2003 to January 2006 served as its president (chief justice).

References

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