Marisela Morales (lawyer)
{{Short description|Mexican lawyer and Attorney General}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Morales |Ibáñez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marisela Morales
| image = Marisela Morales Ibañez (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
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| caption = Morales in 2011
| office1 = Attorney General of Mexico
| term_start1 = 1 April 2011
| term_end1 = 30 November 2011
| president1 = Felipe Calderón
| predecessor1 = Arturo Chávez
| successor1 = Jesús Murillo Karam
| alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Mexico
| birth_name = Marisela Morales Ibáñez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|3|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Mexico City
{{cite news
| title = Alistan ratificación de Morales en PGR
| first = Carole
| last = Simonnet
| url = http://ntrzacatecas.com/noticias/mexico/2011/04/07/alistan-ratificacion-de-morales-en-pgr/
| agency = Agencia Reforma
| date = 7 April 2011
| access-date = 13 April 2011
| language = es
}}
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| awards = International Women of Courage Award (2011)
}}
Marisela Morales Ibáñez (born 1 March 1970) is a Mexican lawyer who served as Attorney General of Mexico in 2011.
Life
She was born in Mexico City and graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a degree in law before completing a master's degree in criminal science from the National Institute of Criminal Sciences.{{cite web|url=http://www.pgr.gob.mx/prensa/2007/bol11/Abr/b358a11.shtm |title=Marisela Morales, Titular de la Procuraduría General de la República |access-date=7 April 2011 |author=Attorney General of Mexico |author-link=Attorney General of Mexico |date=7 April 2011 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410120416/http://www.pgr.gob.mx/prensa/2007/bol11/Abr/b358a11.shtm |archive-date=10 April 2011 }}
On 31 March 2011, she was appointed by President Felipe Calderón to replace Arturo Chávez as attorney general. Upon being confirmed by the Senate, she became the 42nd attorney general, and the first woman to hold the position.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/world/americas/01briefs-ART-Mexico.html |title= Mexico: Woman Picked to Fight Cartels |work= The New York Times |date= 31 March 2011 |first= Elizabeth |last= Malkin |access-date= 1 April 2011}}
Prior to her appointment to the office of Attorney General, she served as the Assistant Attorney General for Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She has been praised for her work by United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama, and received the 2011 International Women of Courage Award.{{cite news |url= http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0401/Mexico-long-lagging-in-gender-equality-nominates-first-female-attorney-general |title= Mexico, long lagging in gender equality, nominates first female attorney general |work= The Christian Science Monitor |date= 1 April 2011 |access-date= 1 April 2011 |first= Sara Miller |last= Llana}}{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/157710.htm |title=Secretary Clinton To Host the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards |date=30 June 2011 |access-date=9 March 2017 }}
References
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{{International Women of Courage Awards}}
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Category:21st-century Mexican lawyers
Category:Lawyers from Mexico City
Category:Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award
Category:Female justice ministers
Category:Attorneys general of Mexico
Category:21st-century Mexican women lawyers
Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
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