Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive
| Consejería Jurídica del Ejecutivo Federal | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 15 May 1996 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal Government of Mexico |
| Website | http://www.cjef.gob.mx |
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The Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive (Consejero Jurídico del Ejecutivo Federal, CJEF) is a government official who, alongside the 19 secretaries of state, is a member of the cabinet of the President of Mexico. The purpose of the office of the legal counsel (Consejería Jurídica del Ejecutivo Federal) is to review and validate legal instruments that are submitted to the president for consideration, such as decrees, agreements, legislative bills or constitutional reforms. Its other tasks include drafting or assisting in the drafting of bills that are to be presented to the Congress of the Union. It also represents the president in unconstitutionality actions or constitutional controversies as provided for in the Constitution and represents him or her in all lawsuits in which he or she is a party.[1][2]
History
[edit]The office of the Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive was created on 15 May 1996 during the administration of Ernesto Zedillo.[3] By means of constitutional amendments enacted on 30 December 2015, article 26 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration was revised to raise the office of the Legal Counsel to cabinet status.[4]
Functions
[edit]The functions of the CJEF are set out in articles 43, 43-bis and 43-ter of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration. They include:[2]
- To support the president in such legal matters as he or she may request.
- To consider and give its opinion on any bill sent by the president to Congress.
- To receive bills and initiatives that the secretariats of state seek to submit to Congress, at least one month in advance.
- To head the federal government's Legal Studies Commission, which is made up of representatives of the legal areas of each agency of the federal public administration.
List of Legal Counsels of the Federal Executive
[edit]Parties
[edit]National Action Party (4) Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (1) National Regeneration Movement (2) Independent (5)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | Germán Aguirre Fernández[5] | 15 May 1996 | 30 November 2000 | 4 years, 199 days | Ernesto Zedillo | |||
| 2 | Juan de Dios Castro Lozano 1st term |
1 December 2000 | 20 March 2003 | 2 years, 109 days | Vicente Fox | |||
| 3 | 
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María Teresa Herrera Tello | 3 April 2003 | 11 November 2004 | 1 year, 222 days | |||
| 4 | Daniel Francisco Cabeza de Vaca[6] 1st term |
11 November 2004 | 27 April 2005 | 167 days | ||||
| 5 | Juan de Dios Castro Lozano 2nd term |
12 November 2005 | 30 November 2006 | 1 year, 18 days | ||||
| 6 | Daniel Francisco Cabeza de Vaca 2nd term |
1 December 2006 | 28 January 2008 | 1 year, 58 days | Felipe Calderón | |||
| 7 | Miguel Alessio Robles Landa | 28 January 2008 | 30 November 2012 | 4 years, 307 days | ||||
| 8 | 
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Humberto Castillejos Cervantes | 1 December 2012 | 9 June 2017 | 4 years, 190 days | Enrique Peña Nieto | ||
| 9 | 
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Misha Leonel Granados[7] | 9 June 2017 | 30 November 2018 | 1 year, 174 days | |||
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Julio Scherer Ibarra[8] | 1 December 2018 | 2 September 2021 | 2 years, 275 days | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | ||
| 11 | María Estela Ríos González [9] | 2 September 2021 | 30 September 2024 | 3 years, 28 days | ||||
| 12 | 
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Ernestina Godoy Ramos[10] | 1 October 2024 | Incumbent | 51 days | Claudia Sheinbaum | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Reglamento interior de la CJEF
- ^ a b "Artículo 43 de la Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ Diario Oficial de la Federación. "Decreto que reforma y adiciona diversas disposiciones de la Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal". Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Artículo 43 de la Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/325/32523118011.pdf
- ^ "Nombra Fox a Cabeza de Vaca consejero jurídico de la Presidencia". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ https://www.milenio.com/politica/quien-es-el-nuevo-consejero-juridico-de-presidencia
- ^ Rodríguez García, Arturo (11 July 2018). "Julio Scherer Ibarra será el consejero jurídico de la Presidencia: López Obrador". Proceso. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Ella es María Estela Ríos González, la nueva consejera jurídica de presidencia". Expansión. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ Jiménez, César (20 June 2024). "Quién es Ernestina Godoy, la incondicional de Sheinbaum que llega a la Consejería Jurídica de la Presidencia". Infobae. Retrieved 20 June 2024.