Yasmín Esquivel Mossa
Yasmín Esquivel Mossa (born September 15, 1963) is a Mexican lawyer and public official. Since 2019, she has been a minister of the National Supreme Court of Justice.
Yasmín Esquivel Mossa | |
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Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
Assumed office March 12, 2019 | |
President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Preceded by | Margarita Beatriz Luna |
Personal details | |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | September 15, 1963
Spouse(s) | José María Rioboó |
Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Biography
Yasmín Esquivel Mossa earned a licentiate in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1986 and a PhD in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and the Universidad Anáhuac, a degree she obtained in 2000.[1] She also did postgraduate work in administrative law and fiscal law in the Mexican financial system at Panamerican University.[2]
As a public official, she began her career in the legal and government subdelegation of the mayor's office in Coyoacán in 1985. She was a civil servant in the office of the Attorney General of the Federal District and in the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers.[3]
In the legal field, Esquivel served as study and account secretary of the presidency of the Superior Agrarian Court from 2000 to 2004.[1] She was a magistrate of the Superior Chamber of the Court of Administrative Litigation in 2009, and was its president from 2012 to 2015.[1]
She has been a minister of the National Supreme Court of Justice since 2019.[1][2][4][5]
She is married to José María Rioboó, one of the main advisers of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on infrastructure issues, which has engendered some disapproval from opposition parties.[2][3]
References
- "Perfil. Yasmín Esquivel Mossa, ministra de la SCJN" [Profile. Yasmín Esquivel Mossa, SCJN Minister]. El Universal (in Spanish). March 12, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "Yasmín Esquivel Mossa es elegida nueva ministra de la SCJN" [Yasmín Esquivel Mossa is Elected New SCJN Minister]. El Economista (in Spanish). Notimex. March 12, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "Yasmín Esquivel, la nueva ministra de la SCJN y sus presuntos vínculos con AMLO" [Yasmín Esquivel, the New SCJN Minister and Her Alleged Links with AMLO] (in Spanish). Infobae. March 13, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "Sesión del 26 de noviembre de 2009" (PDF). Diario de los Debates de la Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal (in Spanish) (31): 21, 28. November 26, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- Sánchez, Jacob; Xantomila, Gabriel (March 12, 2019). "Yasmín Esquivel Mossa es la nueva ministra de la SCJN" [Yasmín Esquivel Mossa is the New SCJN Minister]. El Sol de Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved September 15, 2019.