Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia (born 10 February 1941) is a Mexican jurist and former Supreme Court Justice. He previously served as the President (Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from 2 January 2007 to 31 December 2010.

Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
In office 2 January 2007 – 31 December 2010
Preceded by	Mariano Azuela Güitrón
Succeeded by	Juan N. Silva Meza
Personal details
Born	Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia (1941-02-10) 10 February 1941 (age 84) Misantla, Veracruz
Alma mater	Universidad Veracruzana (LLB)
Profession	lawyer

Ortiz Mayagoitia, a native of Misantla, Veracruz, earned his law degree at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa. He served the judiciary in various positions in Poza Rica and Tuxpan in his home state and as a clerk at the federal Supreme Court. He later held District Judge positions in the state of Oaxaca and the Federal District, and served as a Circuit Judge in Villahermosa, Tabasco, and Veracruz, Veracruz. In 1993 he was appointed to the appeals chamber of the Federal Electoral Tribunal.

On 27 January 1995 his Supreme Court appointment, proposed by President Ernesto Zedillo, was ratified by the Senate. He was elected Chief Justice, with seven votes out of eleven, by the Supreme Court on 2 January 2007.^[1]