Justice Margarita Beatriz Luna Ramos (born January 4, 1956) is a

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and former member of the

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(SCJN) February 2004 to February 2019. Born in San Cristóbal de las Casas,

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, Luna Ramos studied law at the

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(UNAM). President Vicente Fox nominated her as a Minister ( Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left after the retirement of Juventino Víctor Castro y Castro in 2003. Luna Ramos was confirmed by the

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with 83 votes in February 2004.

Studies

In her home state of

she completed her undergraduate studies and started studying law, and finished her graduate studies in the

, where she obtained a Masters and Doctoral degree in Constitutional and Administrative Law. During her academic pursuits she obtained several other degrees, which consist of: judicial specialization in the Institute of Judicial Specialization of the Council of the Federal Judicature; the Diploma on International Commercial Arbitration taught at the Escuela Libre de Derecho and the course on American Law at Ibero University.

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