Carlos Lesmes
{{Short description|Spanish magistrate and prosecutor}}
{{family name hatnote|Lesmes|Serrano|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Carlos Lesmes
|image = Carlos Lesmes 2022 (cropped).jpg
|caption=Lesmes in April 2022
|office = President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary
|monarch = {{Unbulleted list|Juan Carlos I {{small|(2013–14)}}|Felipe VI {{small|(2014–2022)}}}}
|term_start = 11 December 2013
|term_end = 12 October 2022
|predecessor = Gonzalo Moliner
|successor = Francisco Marín Castán {{small|(Supreme Court)}}
Rafael Mozo Muelas {{small|(CGPJ)}}
|birth_name = Carlos Lesmes Serrano
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|6|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = Madrid, Spain
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Carlos Lesmes Serrano (born 10 June 1958) is a Spanish magistrate and prosecutor who served as president of the Supreme Court and president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) from 2013 to 2022.[http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20131209/cgpj-elige-carlos-lesme-como-presidente-este-organo-del-tribunal-supremo/814540.shtml El CGPJ elige a Carlos Lesme como presidente de este órgano y del Tribunal Supremo], www.rtve.es Since December 2018, he served in acting capacity in both posts, as his mandate expired at the time and the renovation of the CGPJ was blocked from then on. He is seen as a Conservative jurist with a religious background.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2013-12-07/carlos-lesmes-un-magistrado-conservador-de-profundas-raices-religiosas_63409/|website=El Confidencial|title=Carlos Lesmes, un magistrado conservador de profundas raíces religiosas|date=7 December 2013|first=C|last=Guindal}}
Judicial career
Lesmes was born in Madrid, Spain in 1958.[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2013/03/05/pdfs/BOE-A-2013-2444.pdf] Escalafón General de la Carrera Judicial, cerrado al 31 de enero de 2013; Acuerdo de 27 de febrero de 2013. BOE Núm. 2013/55 (2013/03/05), Sec. II.A. Pág. 1735. After graduating in Law, Lesmes entered by open tendering in the judicial and prosecution careers in 1984, and he chose to start his career as a prosecutor until 1993 when he entered the judicial career. As a prosecutor, he was assigned to the Provincial Courts of Alicante (1984–1985) and Madrid (1985–1992) and to the Constitutional Court (1992–1993).
In 1993 he returned to the Judicial Career, after overcoming the open tendering to specialist magistrate of the jurisdictional contentious-administrative order. Between 1993 and 1996 he was a magistrate in the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community.
Between 1996 and 2004, he temporarily suspended its functions as judge within the judicial career switching to politics during the governments of José María Aznar, serving as Director-General for Conscientious Objection (1996–2000){{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1996-11886|title=Royal Decree 1196/1996, of May 24, by which Mr. Carlos Lesmes Serrano is appointed Director-General for Conscientious Objection.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-11}} and Director-General for Relations with the Administration of Justice (2000–2004),{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2000-8895|title=Royal Decree 719/2000, of May 12, by which Mr. Carlos Lesmes Serrano is appointed Director-General for Relations with the Administration of Justice.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-11}} both roles within the Ministry of Justice.
Lesmes returned in 2005 to his position in the Eighth Section of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the National Court. That year he was appointed Chairman of the Chamber, a position he held until 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2005-18361|title=Royal Decree 1220/2005, of October 10, by which Mr. Carlos Lesmes Serrano is named President of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the National Court.|last=|first=|date=|website=boe.es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-11}} He was also Acting President of the National Court from September 2008 to April 2009.
In March 2010, he obtained a place in the Third Chamber (Contentious-Administrative) of the Supreme Court. In 2012, Lesmes was a member of the Commission appointed by the Ministry of Justice to advise on the preparation of the proposed reform of the Judiciary Organic Act and the Judicial Organization Act.
On 9 December 2013, he was elected by the Plenary of the General Council of the Judiciary as its 8th President and 48th President of the Supreme Court.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2013/12/09/inenglish/1386599126_990011.html|title=Conservative judge Carlos Lesmes elected to head up legal watchdog|last=Hernández|first=José Antonio|date=2013-12-09|work=El País|access-date=2019-04-11|language=en|issn=1134-6582}}
After requesting a report from the Technical Office of the Supreme Court at the end of September to establish what his succession would be like in the event of his resignation,{{Cite web |last=Moreno |first=Rosalina |date=2022-09-23 |title=Lesmes dará cuenta la próxima semana a la Sala de Gobierno del Supremo y al Pleno del CGPJ de un informe sobre su eventual sustitución |url=https://confilegal.com/20220923-lesmes-dara-cuenta-la-proxima-semana-a-la-sala-de-gobierno-del-supremo-y-al-pleno-del-cgpj-de-un-informe-sobre-su-eventual-sustitucion/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Confilegal |language=es}} on 9 October 2022 he announced his intention to resign.{{Cite web |last=García |first=Pedro Jiménez |date=2022-10-09 |title=Carlos Lesmes renuncia como presidente del Supremo y del Poder Judicial y abre una inédita crisis institucional |url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2022/10/09/lesmes-renunciara-manana-como-presidente-del-supremo-y-del-cgpj-tras-la-falta-de-acuerdo-cadena-ser/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=cadena SER |language=es-ES}} He presented his formal resignation to the king on October 10{{Cite web |last=Dorta|first=Irene |date=2022-10-10 |title=Lesmes hace oficial su renuncia al comunicárselo al Rey Felipe VI |url=https://www.larazon.es/espana/20221010/n45dhb2u4rf5jespjpcmp5nqu4.html |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=La Razón |language=es}} and was official on October 12.{{Cite web |last=Palacios |first=Arantxa |date=2022-10-12 |title=El BOE publica el cese "por renuncia" de Carlos Lesmes como presidente del CGPJ |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2022-10-12/boe-publica-cese-carlos-lesmes-12o_3505184/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=elconfidencial.com |language=es}}
He is in possession of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort and the gold medal awarded by the Spanish Pro-Human Rights League for his work in favor of conscientious objection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2013-12-07/carlos-lesmes-un-magistrado-conservador-de-profundas-raices-religiosas_63409/|title=Carlos Lesmes, un magistrado conservador de profundas raíces religiosas|date=2013-12-06|website=El Confidencial|language=es|access-date=2019-04-11}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170304044559/http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder_Judicial/Tribunal_Supremo/Sala_de_prensa/El_Pleno_del_CGPJ_nombra_a_Carlos_Lesmes_presidente_del_organo_constitucional_y_del_Tribunal_Supremo_ Biografía de Carlos Lesmes, Consejo General del Poder Judicial].
- [http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-cgpj-designa-presidente-carlos-lesmes-16-votos-20131209130156.html Carlos Lesmes, nuevo presidente del CGPJ y del Tribunal Supremo], Europa Press.
- [http://www.abogacia.es/2013/12/09/carlos-lesmes-nuevo-presidente-del-cgpj-y-del-tribunal-supremo/ Carlos Lesmes, nuevo presidente del CGPJ y del Tribunal Supremo], www.abogacia.es
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Category:20th-century Spanish judges
Category:Members of the General Council of the Judiciary