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Alba Luz Ramos

Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of the Americas

Alba Luz Ramos Vanegas is a Nicaraguan jurist who has served as President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua since 2010, after being reelected to the post in October 2019. She became a lawyer in 1973 and returned to Nicaragua in 1979, rising through the judiciary as National Director of Registries in 1981, Criminal Attorney of the Republic in 1983, Vice Minister of Justice in 1984, a Supreme Court magistrate from 1988, and vice-president of the Supreme Court from 1996 to 1998 before assuming the presidency. She helped draft Law 779 addressing violence against women, and in 2021 the European Union, Canada and the United Kingdom placed sanctions on her over concerns that the court favored the government of Daniel Ortega.

Facts
Role
Lawyer and judge 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
Nicaraguan 1
Born
1949 2
Birth Date
1949-06-03 2
Classification
Field of Law
Constitutional Law 1
Gender
Female 1
Role
Role (category)
Judge 1
Role (category)
Lawyer 1
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1. Alba Luz Ramos (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Introduction, gender
    She has served as president of the Supreme Court of Justice since 2010, and between 2003 and 2003.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Alba Luz Ramos Vanegas is a Nicaraguan jurist who has served as President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua since 2010, after being reelected to the post in October 2019.
  • Introduction, role
    Alba Luz Ramos Vanegas is a Nicaraguan lawyer and judge.
  • Full article, field of law
    In 2017, La Prensa began a profile of Ramos by saying: “If there is any official in Daniel Ortega's Nicaragua who has the affection and admiration of various social and political sectors, including those antagonistic to the government of the caudillo, that official is a woman, and her name is Alba Luz Ramos Vanegas.” At the same time, they noted that critics and constitutional law experts were disapproving of her administration of one of Nicaragua’s three main branches of government.
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2. Wikidata: Alba Luz Ramos
  • Wikidata Q107119260, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1949
  • Wikidata Q107119260, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
    P569 (date of birth): 1949-06-03
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