Lenia Batres
Lenia Batres Guadarrama | |
|---|---|
Batres in 2025 | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
| Assumed office 14 December 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Andrés Manuel López Obrador[a] |
| Preceded by | Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 September 1997 – 31 August 2000 | |
| Constituency | Fourth electoral region |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lenia Batres Guadarrama 6 August 1969 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Party | National Regeneration Movement (since 2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Party of the Democratic Revolution (1989–2014) |
| Relatives | Martí Batres[1] |
| Education | Urban studies, public administration and law |
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (1990-1994) |
| Occupation | Lawyer and politician |
Lenia Batres Guadarrama (born 6 August 1969) is a Mexican lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Morena party and, since 14 December 2023, has been a minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.[2][3]
Political trajectory
She was a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico, the Revolutionary Democratic Party, and social organizations such as the Union of Neighbors of the Doctors Colony, the National Union of Youth, and the University Student Council. She actively participated in the peaceful civil resistance movement led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2006-2018), coordinating brigades against the oil reform promoted by Felipe Calderón in 2008,[4] contributing to the formation of MORENA in Tultitlán, State of Mexico (2010-2011), and Nuevo León (2012-2013), and serving on its first National Council and first Executive Committee for the City of Mexico (2013-2016).[5]
Notes
- ^ In December 2023, she was appointed directly by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, after the Senate twice failed to approve the nominees submitted by López Obrador by a two-thirds majority. Following the 2024 judicial reforms, she stood in the 2025 judicial election and was returned to the Supreme Court.
References
- ^ "Sister of Mexico City mayor now Supreme Court justice". The NRI Nation. 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "López Obrador appoints new Supreme Court justice Lenia Batres". Mexico News Daily. 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Zerega, Georgina (2023-12-14). "López Obrador elige a Lenia Batres como nueva ministra de la Suprema Corte". El País México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Brigadistas distribuirán miles de dvd para explicar las causas de la resistencia civil", La Jornada, 17 de abril de 2008. Recuperado de: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/04/17/index.php?section=politica&article=012n1pol
- ^ Balderas, Óscar, "Lenia Batres renuncia al PRD para unirse al proyecto de AMLO", ADN Político, 11 de septiembre de 2012, Recuperado de: http://www.adnpolitico.com/2012/2012/09/11/el-prd-pierde-a-su-primer-miembro-fundador-ante-morena Archived 2012-11-16 at the Wayback Machine