List of presidents of the Supreme Court of Chile

Last updated

Members of the Supreme Court around 1908 Corte Suprema de Chile-1908.jpg
Members of the Supreme Court around 1908
Supreme Court building in Santiago Palaciotribunales.jpg
Supreme Court building in Santiago
Meeting room of the Supreme Court Plenocorte.JPG
Meeting room of the Supreme Court
Memorial plaque with list of the presidents of Supreme Court PresidentesCSJ.JPG
Memorial plaque with list of the presidents of Supreme Court
PictureNameNotesPeriod
JoseGregorioArgomedo02.jpg José Gregorio Argomedo Montero 1823–1825
Juan de Dios Vial del Río 1825–1850
MMonttTorres.jpg Manuel Montt Torres 1850–1851
Ramón Luis Yrarrázaval Alcalde 1851–1855
Manuel Cerda y Concha 1855–1861
MMonttTorres.jpg Manuel Montt Torres 1861–1880
José Miguel Barriga Castro 1880–1881
Alejandro Reyes Cotapos 1882
Alvaro Covarrubias Ortúzar 1883
José de Bernales Urmeneta 1884
BPratsPerez.jpg Belisario Prats Pérez 1885
José Fructuoso Cousiño Fernández 1886
Alvaro Covarrubias Ortúzar 1887
José de Bernales Urmeneta 1888
José Fructuoso Cousiño Fernández 1889–1890
José Vicente Ábalos Valderrama 1891
Gregorio Amunátegui Aldunate 1891–1892
José María Barceló Carvallo 1893
Carlos Risopatrón Escudero 1894
José Alfonso Cavada 1895
Andrés Sanhueza Araneda 1896
Máximo Flores Zamudio 1897
Leopoldo Urrutia Anguita 1898
José Gabriel Palma Guzmán 1899
Carlos Eugenio Casanueva Ramos 1900
Ramón Huidobro Luco 1901
José Alfonso Cavada 1902
Galvarino Gallardo Font 1903
Gabriel Gaete Ríos 1904
Vicente Aguirre Palma 1905
Leoncio Rodríguez Rodríguez 1906
Carlos Varas Herrera 1907
Leopoldo Urrutia Anguita 1908
José Gabriel Palma Guzmán 1909
Enrique Foster Recabarren 1910
José de Bernales Mancheño 1911
Luis Vial Ugarte 1912
Galvarino Gallardo Font 1913
Gabriel Gaete Ríos 1914
Eleazar Donoso Vildosola 1915
Eduardo Castillo Vicuña 1916
Carlos Varas Herrera 1917
Luis Silva Silva 1918
Gabriel Gaete Ríos 1919–1922
Braulio Moreno Velásquez 1922–1925
JavierAngelFigueroa.jpg Javier Angel Figueroa Larraín 1925–1927
Felipe Ricardo Anguita Acuña 1927
Gustavo Sepúlveda Lagos 1927–1929
Dagoberto Lagos Pantoja 1929–1931
JavierAngelFigueroa.jpg Javier Angel Figueroa Larraín 1931–1932
Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia 1932–1934
Humberto Trucco Franzani 1934–1937
Romilio Burgos Melo 1938–1940
Carlos Alberto Novoa Sepúlveda 1940–1943
Humberto Trucco Franzani 1944–1950
Gregorio Schepeler Pinochet 1951–1954
Humberto Bianchi Valenzuela 1954–1957
Miguel Aylwin Gajardo 1957–1960
Rafael Fontecilla Riquelma 1960–1963
Pedro Silva Fernández 1963–1966
Osvaldo Illanes Benítez 1966–1969
Ramiro Méndez Brañas 1962–1972
Enrique Urrutia Manzano 1972–1975
José María Eyzaguirre Echeverría 1975–1978
Israel Bórquez Montero 1978–1983
Rafael Retamal López 1983–1988
Luis Maldonado Boggiano 1988–1991
Enrique Correa Labra 1991–1993
Marcos Aburto Ochoa 1993–1995
Servando Jordán López 1996–1997
Roberto Dávila Díaz 1998–1999
Hernán Álvarez García 2000–2001
Mario Garrido Montt 2002–2003
Marcos Libedinsky Tschorne 2004–2005
Enrique Tapia Witting 2006 – January 6, 2008
Urbano Marín Vallejo January 6, 2008 – December 18, 2009
Milton Juica (22347121561) (cropped).jpg Milton Iván Juica Arancibia December 18, 2009 – January 6, 2012
Rubén Ballesteros Cárcamo January 6, 2012 – January 5, 2014
CCJ - Coloquio Internacional Juizes e Meio Ambiente (15789537132).jpg Sergio Muñoz Gajardo January 6, 2014 – January 5, 2016
Hugo Dolmestch (24190295576).jpg Hugo Dolmestch Urra [1] January 5, 2016 – January 8, 2018
Haroldo Brito  [ es ] [2] January 8, 2018 – 2019
Guillermo Silva Gundelach  [ es ]January 6, 2020 – 2022
Juan Eduardo Fuentes Belmar 2022 – present

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation</span> Highest court in Mexico

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation is the Mexican institution serving as the country's federal high court and the spearhead organisation for the judiciary of the Mexican Federal Government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Supreme Court of Argentina</span> Highest court in Argentina

The Supreme Court of Argentina, officially known as the Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Nation, is the highest court of law of the Argentine Republic. It was inaugurated on 15 January 1863. During much of the 20th century, it and the Argentine judicial system in general lacked autonomy from the executive power. It was reformed in 2003 by the decree 222/03.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cabinet of Venezuela</span> Part of Venezuelan executive

The Cabinet of Ministers of Venezuela (Spanish: Gabinete de Ministros de Venezuela is one of the bodies that make up the Venezuelan executive in that country's presidential system, alongside the Council of Ministers. The Cabinet is headed by the president of Venezuela, and his corresponding vice president. The purpose of the ministries is to create, adopt, follow and evaluate policies, strategies, programs and projects in accordance with the constitution and the laws of the republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ricardo Lorenzetti</span> Argentine judge

Ricardo Luis Lorenzetti is an Argentine judge graduated from the National University of the Littoral, Argentina, with a long national and international career. He used to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Argentina (2007–2018), proposed by President Néstor Kirchner and approved by the Senate, assuming his position on December 12, 2004, covering the vacancy caused by the resignation of Justice Adolfo Vázquez. On November 7, 2006, he was appointed Chief Justice, officiated as of January 1, 2007. Currently, he is one of the five Justices of the Supreme Court. He was President of the Commission for the preparation of the Parliamentary Act to reform, update and unify the Civil and Commercial Codes of the Argentine Nation, Presidential Decree 191/2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LGBTQ rights in Panama</span>

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Panama face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Panama, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal benefits and protections available to opposite-sex married couples.

The Supreme Court of Bolivia was the Bolivia's highest court from 1825 to 2012. It was located in Sucre, 410 kilometres to the south-east of La Paz, Bolivia's capital. The Court was created by the Supreme Decree of April 27, 1825, which transformed the Royal Audience of Charcas of imperial Spain into the Supreme Court of the newly independent country. The Supreme Court of Bolivia was officially inaugurated on July 16, 1827.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enrique Santiago Petracchi</span> Lawyer and Argentina supreme court member

Enrique Santiago Petracchi was an Argentine lawyer, judge and a member of Supreme Court of Argentina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Supreme Court of Honduras</span> Highest judicial authority in Honduras

The Supreme Court of Honduras is the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of Honduras. The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Honduras.

The Supreme Court of Justice is the highest court of ordinary jurisdiction in Bolivia, based in Sucre. Its powers are set out in Articles 181–185 of the 2009 Constitution and the Law of the Judicial Organ. It was first seated on 2 January 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala</span>

The Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala, or CSJ, is the highest court within Guatemala's judiciary branch. As the highest Court in Guatemala, it has jurisdiction over all legal matters that may arise in the country. The Court sits in the Palace of Justice, in Zone 1 of Guatemala City. The current president of the Supreme Court of Justice is Oscar Cruz Oliva, who was voted in by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala.

Augusto Ibáñez Guzmán was a Colombian lawyer and academic. He was the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia from 2009–2012.

José Luis Barceló Camacho is a Colombian lawyer and academic, former president of the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horacio Rosatti</span> Argentine judge

Horacio Daniel Rosatti is an Argentine lawyer, politician and a member of the Supreme Court of Argentina since 2016, designated by president Mauricio Macri's and the Senate's approval. In September 2021 he was elected President of the court by his peers, and took office on 1 October.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hugo Dolmestch</span> Chilean lawyer, judge, and teacher

Hugo Enrique Dolmestch Urra is a Chilean lawyer, judge, and teacher. He was a Minister of the Supreme Court of Chile, and was its President from 2016 to 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gloria Ana Chevesich</span> Chilean lawyer and judge

Gloria Ana Chevesich Ruiz is a Chilean lawyer and judge. She is currently a minister of the Supreme Court of Chile, and previously served as president and minister of the Court of Appeals of Santiago.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Silvia Valdés</span> Guatemalan Supreme Court judge

Silvia Patricia Valdés Quezada is a lawyer who served as the third female president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the judicial branch of Guatemala, from 2019 until 2023.

Doris Perla Morales Martínez is a Uruguayan lawyer who serves as a minister of the Supreme Court of Uruguay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oscar Hassenteufel</span> Bolivian judge (born 1945)

Oscar Abel Hassenteufel Salazar is a Bolivian lawyer and jurist serving as president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal since 2021. A perennial figure in the Bolivian judiciary, Hassenteufel previously held seats on the now-defunct Supreme Court of Justice from 1993 to 2001 and National Electoral Court from 2001 to 2006, presiding over both bodies from 1999 to 2001 and 2002 to 2006, respectively.

Elena Martínez Rosso is a Uruguayan lawyer and lecturer who serves as a minister of the Supreme Court of Uruguay since 2015.

References

  1. González, Andrea (18 December 2015). "Eligen a Hugo Dolmestch como nuevo presidente de la Corte Suprema" [Hugo Dolmestch Elected as New President of the Supreme Court]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "Haroldo Brito asumió como nuevo presidente de la Corte Suprema" [Haroldo Brito Takes Over as New President of the Supreme Court]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.