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|birth_name = Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila |
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|birth_date = July 16,1947 |
|birth_date = July 16, 1947 (73 years) |
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|birth_place = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |
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'''Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila''' (born 1947) is a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] [[politician]] and former [[jurist]]. She is the [[Secretariat of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] of [[Mexico]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/migrants-say-trump-wont-stop-them-we-just-dont-care-what-he-does-next|title=Migrants’ Message to Trump: ‘We Don’t Care’ What You Do Next|last=Glawe|first=Justin|date=2019-01-08|access-date=2019-01-19|language=en}}</ref>, and the first woman to ever hold this position. She previously served as a judge on the [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation]], Mexico's highest federal court, from 26 January 1995 to 30 November 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/25/world/mexico-court-makes-history-by-siding-with-congress.html|title=Mexico Court Makes History By Siding With Congress|last=Dillon|first=Sam|date=25 August 2000|work=The New York Times|page=3|accessdate=2 May 2011}}</ref> |
'''Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila''' (born July 16, 1947) is a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] [[politician]] and former [[jurist]]. She is the [[Secretariat of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] of [[Mexico]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/migrants-say-trump-wont-stop-them-we-just-dont-care-what-he-does-next|title=Migrants’ Message to Trump: ‘We Don’t Care’ What You Do Next|last=Glawe|first=Justin|date=2019-01-08|access-date=2019-01-19|language=en}}</ref>, and the first woman to ever hold this position. She previously served as a judge on the [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation]], Mexico's highest federal court, from 26 January 1995 to 30 November 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/25/world/mexico-court-makes-history-by-siding-with-congress.html|title=Mexico Court Makes History By Siding With Congress|last=Dillon|first=Sam|date=25 August 2000|work=The New York Times|page=3|accessdate=2 May 2011}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Olga Sánchez Cordero
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| Secretary of the Interior | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2018 | |
| President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Navarrete Prida |
| Senator of Mexico Proportional representation | |
| 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 July 16, 1947 (73 years) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Political party | National Regeneration Movement |
| Spouse | Eduardo García Villegas |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
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Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila (born July 16, 1947) is a Mexican politician and former jurist. She is the Secretary of the InteriorofMexico[1], and the first woman to ever hold this position. She previously served as a judge on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Mexico's highest federal court, from 26 January 1995 to 30 November 2015.[2]
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.[3]
In December 2017, Andrés Manuel López Obrador released his proposed cabinet listing and had Sánchez Cordero as his pick for Secretary of Interior.[4]
She was a Senator in Mexico's LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from September 1st, 2018 until López Obrador's inauguration on December 1st, 2018, when she took office as Secretary of Interior. This made her the first woman to ever hold this position.
The Economist describes her as a "social liberal ... European-style social democrat."[5] She has announced her intention to propose decriminalization of recreational marijuana.[6] She also intends to decriminalize abortion throughout the country.[7]
She is married to Eduardo García Villegas and has three children.[8]
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