Ernestina Godoy Ramos

Ernestina Godoy Ramos (born January 17, 1954) is a Mexican lawyer and civil servant who has been the Attorney General of Mexico City [es] from 2018 to 2024. She was briefly a Senator of the Republic in 2024. She has served as Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive under President Claudia Sheinbaum since October 1, 2024. She is a founding member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).

Ernestina Godoy Ramos
Godoy Ramos in 2024
Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1, 2024
President	Claudia Sheinbaum
Preceded by	Maria Estela Rios Gonzalez
Senator of the Republic for Mexico City
In office September 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024
Preceded by	Citlalli Hernandez
Succeeded by	Karen Castrejon Trujillo
Attorney General of Mexico City
In office January 10, 2020 – January 9, 2024
Nominated by	Claudia Sheinbaum
Preceded by	Herself
Succeeded by	Ulysses Lara Lopez
Attorney General of Mexico City [es]
In office December 5, 2018 – January 10, 2020
Head of Government	Claudia Sheinbaum
Preceded by	Edmundo Garrido Osornio
Succeeded by	Herself
Deputy of the Congress of Mexico
In office September 1, 2015 – August 31, 2018
Preceded by	Carlos Augusto Morales López
Succeeded by	Gerardo Fernández Noroña
Constituency	Fourth District of Mexico City
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City
In office December 5, 2012 – August 31, 2015
Personal details
Born	(1954-01-17) January 17, 1954 (age 71) Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	Morena
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB)
Occupation	Lawyer, politician

Career

Born on January 17, 1954,^[1] Ernestina Godoy Ramos graduated from the Law School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.^[2]

She founded various civil society organizations, such as the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, Civic Alliance, and Convergence of Civil Organizations for Democracy. In 1985, she set up an office to give legal assistance to victims of the Mexico City earthquake.^[3]

She was a civil society representative in the Commission for Monitoring and Verification of the San Andrés Accords signed by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the government.^[4]

As a public official, Godoy was Director of Delegation Development in Iztapalapa, Coordinator of Legal Affairs in the Social Prosecutor's Office of Mexico City, and General Legal and Legislative Studies Director in the Judicial and Legal Services Council of the Federal District.^[5]

In her political career she was a local deputy in the 6th Legislature of the Mexico City Assembly and a federal deputy in the 63rd Legislature of the Mexican Congress.^[2] She was also a local deputy in the 1st Legislature of the Congress of Mexico City, coordinating the MORENA parliamentary group.^[2][6]

On November 22, 2018, mayor Claudia Sheinbaum named Godoy as Mexico City's next Attorney General.^[7] She took office on December 5.^[8]

Godoy Ramos sought election as one of Mexico City's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the second place on the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition's two-name formula alongside Omar García Harfuch.^[9] Despite the coalition's victory in the election, Godoy was later named president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's choice for Legal Counsel to the Federal Executive [es]; her senate seat will therefore be assumed by her substitute, Karen Castrejón of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).^[10]

References

1. Ávila, Selene (November 24, 2018). "Ernestina Godoy: quien quiera dinero que no se meta de político" [Ernestina Godoy: Whoever Wants Money Does Not Become a Politician] (in Spanish). Político.mx. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
2. Villavicencio, Diana (July 25, 2018). "Perfil. Ernestina Godoy, coordinadora electa de Morena para primer Congreso de CDMX" [Profile. Ernestina Godoy, Elected Coordinator of Morena for the First Mexico City Congress]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
3. Olson, Georgina (September 9, 2018). "Ernestina Godoy, experimentada defensora social" [Ernestina Godoy, Experienced Social Advocate]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
4. Serieys, Luis (July 27, 2018). "Quién es Ernestina Godoy y cuál es su cercanía con Clara Brugada" [Who is Ernestina Godoy and What is Her Proximity to Clara Brugada]. Capital México (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
5. Olson, Georgia (November 22, 2018). "Ernestina Godoy, la próxima fiscal general de la Ciudad de México" [Ernestina Godoy, the Next Attorney General of Mexico City]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
6. "Procuradora General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México" [Attorney General of Mexico City] (in Spanish). Government of Mexico City. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
7. "Ella es Ernestina Godoy, la próxima procuradora de la CDMX" [She is Ernestina Godoy, the Next Attorney General of Mexico City]. Polemón (in Spanish). November 23, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
8. Cruz Monroy, Filiberto (December 5, 2018). "Asume Ernestina Godoy Ramos como procuradora capitalina" [Ernestina Godoy Takes Over as Capital Attorney]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
9. "Elecciones 2024: Candidatas y candidatos". Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
10. Mayen, Baruc (June 20, 2024). "Quién es Karen Castrejón Trujillo, la presidenta del PVEM que suplirá a Ernestina Godoy en la Cámara de Senadores". Infobae. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

External links

• Ernestina Godoy Ramos on Twitter
• Profile at the Congress of Mexico