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Olga Sánchez Cordero
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President of the Senate
In office
1 September 2021 – 30 August 2022
Preceded by Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar
Succeeded by Alejandro Armenta Mier
Secretary of the Interior of Mexico
In office
1 December 2018 – 26 August 2021
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded by Alfonso Navarrete Prida
Succeeded by Adán Augusto López
Senator of Mexico
Proportional representation
Assumed office
26 August 2021
Preceded by Jesusa Rodríguez
In office
1 September 2018 – 29 November 2018
Succeeded by Jesusa Rodríguez
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office
26 January 1995 – 30 November 2015
Appointed by Ernesto Zedillo
Preceded by Seat established
Succeeded by Norma Lucía Piña Hernández
Personal details
Born
Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila

(1947-07-16) 16 July 1947 (age 77)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political party National Regeneration Movement
Spouse Eduardo García Villegas
Children 3
Education National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB)

Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila (born 16 July 1947) is a Mexican politician and former jurist. She was the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, and the first woman to ever hold this position. She previously served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Mexico's highest federal court, from 26 January 1995 to 30 November 2015. She currently serves as a Senator and was President of the Senate of the Republic from 2021 to 2022.

Career

Born in Mexico City, Sánchez Cordero studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Sánchez Cordero was the first female notary public in Mexico City. She was appointed Minister (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) by Ernesto Zedillo and confirmed by the Senate on 26 January 1995. She was the ninth woman to hold a seat on the SCJN. She left on 30 November 2015.

In December 2017, Andrés Manuel López Obrador released his proposed cabinet listing and had Sánchez Cordero as his pick for Secretary of Interior.

She was a Senator in Mexico's LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from September 1, 2018 until López Obrador's inauguration on December 1, 2018, when she took office as Secretary of Interior. This made her the first woman to ever hold this position.

Political views

The Economist describes her as a "social liberal ... European-style social democrat." .....

Personal life

Olga Sánchez Cordero is married to Eduardo García Villegas and has three children.

She reported income of MXN $10,688,288 in 2019, including her salary of MXN $1,914,432 plus investments.

See also

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