Hugo Aguilar Ortiz
Hugo Aguilar Ortiz | |
|---|---|
| President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Norma Lucía Piña Hernández |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugo Aguilar Ortiz 1 April 1973 |
| Education | Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (LLB) |
Hugo Aguilar Ortiz[a] (born 1 April 1973) is a Mexican lawyer of Mixtec heritage. A native of the state of Oaxaca, he is the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation after the 2025 Mexican judicial elections of 1 June 2025.
Professional career
[edit]Hugo Aguilar Ortiz was born in Villa Guadalupe Victoria, in the Oaxacan municipality of San Miguel El Grande, in 1973.[1] He holds a law degree from the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (UABJO).[2]
In 1996, he was a member of the advisory panel that assisted the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in drafting a series of constitutional amendments on indigenous rights.[1][3] In 2007–2008, he served as a consultant with the Mexico office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on issues related to Indigenous peoples' lands, territories, and natural resources.[2] He has worked as the coordinator for indigenous rights at the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) since 2018.[2][3]
Aguilar Ortiz was nominated by the federal executive to contend in the judicial elections held on 1 June 2025.[1] He received the highest number of votes cast among the 64 candidates competing for seats on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) and became the Supreme Court's next president (chief justice), replacing Norma Piña Hernández.[4]
Hugo Aguilar has faced the rejection of indigenous peoples who point him out for bureaucratizing and legitimizing adverse possession or squatting, imposing the Fourth Transformation regime's megaprojects and silencing victims of harassment. [5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Mexican name, the surname is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Ortiz.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ruiz, María Fernanda (3 June 2025). "Hugo Aguilar, abogado mixteco, podría presidir la SCJN" [Hugo Aguilar, a Mixtec lawyer, could preside over the Supreme Court]. Once Noticias. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "¿Quién es Hugo Aguilar Ortiz? El candidato mixteco que se perfila a presidir la Suprema Corte de México" [Who is Hugo Aguilar Ortiz? The Mixtec candidate poised to preside over the Supreme Court of Mexico]. CNN en Español. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Indigenous lawyer leads race for chief justice in Mexico". BBC News. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ Graham, Thomas (4 June 2025). "Indigenous lawyer to head Mexico's supreme court after direct election". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ Matías, Pedro (4 June 2025). "Hugo Aguilar: de operador de AMLO para megaproyectos a presidente indígena de la Suprema Corte" [Hugo Aguilar: from López Obrador's operator for megaprojects to Indigenous president of the Supreme Court]. Proceso. Retrieved 2 September 2025.