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
Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Assumed office
March 12, 2019
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byMargarita Beatriz Luna
Personal details
Born (1963-09-15) September 15, 1963
Mexico City, Mexico
Spouse(s)José María Rioboó
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
OccupationLawyer

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
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.
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