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Álvaro García Ortiz
Álvaro García Ortiz (born 16 December 1967) is a Spanish jurist and prosecutor who has worked for the Supreme Court of Spain. Since 2022, he has been Spanish attorney general. Prior to 2022, García Ortiz was chief prosecutor at the Prosecution Ministry. Professional career García Ortiz was born on 16 December 1967 in Lumbrales and graduated with a degree in law from the University of Valladolid, then he began working for the Mahón prosecutor's office in 1998. Two years later, he was assigned to the Santiago de Compostela's Prosecutor's Office and, in 2004, he was promoted to the Prosecutor's Office in the High Court of Justice of Galicia, as an environmental prosecutor. From this position, he led the public prosecution in the Prestige oil spill. In 2018, he was elected by his peers to be part of the , an advisory body to the Attorney General of the State. In 2020, after spending around two decades working in environmental law, attorney general Dolores Delgado promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Attorney General
The Attorney General of the State ''(')'', or also, Prosecutor General, is the head of the Public Prosecutor's Office (''Ministerio Fiscal''), the independent body within the Judiciary, that is tasked with promoting the operation of justice in defence of the rule of law, defending citizens’ rights, defending the public interest, with protecting the independence of the courts and with ensuring the public interest is satisfied through the courts. The Prosecutor General is a civil servant, appointed and dismissed by the King, after a process that includes a nomination by the Government, a hearing before the General Council of the Judiciary and an appearance before the Congress to evaluate their suitability (although approval by Congress is not required). That is, the three powers of State participate in the appointment. The candidate must be a Spanish jurist of recognised prestige and with more than fifteen years effective exercise of their profession. The term of the Prosecutor Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
