Luis Paulino Mora Mora

Luis Paulino Mora
50th President of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica
In office
12 July 1999 – 17 February 2013
Preceded byEdgar Cervantes Villalta
Succeeded byZarela Villanueva Monge
Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica
In office
27 September 1989 – 17 February 2013
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byNancy Hernández López
In office
7 September 1983 – 8 May 1986
Preceded byHugo Porter Murillo
Succeeded byMario Houed Vega
Minister of Justice and Grace
In office
8 May 1986 – 27 September 1989
PresidentÓscar Arias Sánchez
Preceded byHugo Muñoz Quesada
Succeeded byMaruja Chacón Pacheco
Personal details
BornLuis Paulino Mora Mora
(1944-04-08)8 April 1944
Died17 February 2013(2013-02-17) (aged 68)
San José, Costa Rica
EducationUniversity of Costa Rica (LLB)
Complutense University of Madrid (LL.D.)

Luis Paulino Mora Mora (8 April 1944 – 17 February 2013) was a Costa Rican judge and politician who served as the 50th President of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica from 1999 until his death in 2013.[1][2]

He served as Criminal Judge and Juvenile Judge of Limón (1969-1975), First Criminal Judge of San José (1975), and Superior Criminal Judge of San José (1975-1983). In 1983, he was elected as Magistrate of the Third Chamber of Cassation of the Supreme Court of Justice, a position he held until his resignation in 1986.[3]

From 1985 to 1986 he was director of the Technical Assistance Area of ​​the Latin American Institute of the United Nations for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD). From 1986 to 1989, he served as Minister of Justice and Grace in the first administration of Óscar Arias Sánchez.

In September 1989, the Legislative Assembly elected him as a magistrate of the newly established Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica for the 1989-1997 term, and he was re-elected in 1997 and 2005.[4] In 1999, he was elected President of the Supreme Court of Justice.[2]

He died in San José on 17 February 2013, at the age of 68.

References

  1. ↑ "Fallece el Presidente de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Luis Paulino Mora Mora – EL PAÍS – La Nación". Nacion.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  2. 1 2 "Costa Rica's Chief Justice Luis Paulino Mora Dies". Q COSTA RICA. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  3. ↑ Sáenz Carbonell, Jorge Francisco (2006). Historia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica (1st ed.). San José: Editorama S. A. p. 307. ISBN 9977-88-111-1.
  4. ↑ Sáenz Carbonell, Jorge Francisco (2006). Historia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica. p. 319.