María Teresa Herrera Tello (born October 15, 1956, in Santiago, Nuevo León) is a

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lawyer. She served in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox as

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(2000 – 2003).

Life

She was born on October 15, 1956, in Santiago, Nuevo León. Herrera Tello graduated as a valedictorian with a bachelor's degree in law from the

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. She was the first woman in the history of

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to become a magistrate in the state's Superior Court of Justice (in Spanish: Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Nuevo León). Eventually she presided over the court and was reelected four consecutive times. She served as

''(Secretaria de la Reforma Agraria)'' from December 1, 2000, until April 5, 2003, when she was appointed legal councilor to the Mexican president. On November 18, 2004, she was appointed councilor to the Federal Judicature Council (''Consejo de la Judicatura Federal'').

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