Olga Sánchez Cordero


Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila is a Mexican politician and former jurist. She is the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, 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.

Career

Born in Mexico City, Sánchez Cordero studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Sánchez Cordero was the first female notary public in Mexico City. She was appointed Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation 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 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.

Political views

The Economist describes her as a "social liberal... European-style social democrat." She has announced her intention to propose decriminalization of recreational marijuana. She also intends to decriminalize abortion throughout the country.

Personal life

She is married to Eduardo García Villegas and has three children.