Jorge Carpizo McGregor

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carpizo and the second or maternal family name is McGregor.

Jorge Carpizo McGregor (2 April 1944 – 30 March 2012) was a Mexican jurist who occupied various high rank positions in the government of Mexico.^[1][2]

Jorge Carpizo McGregor
Ambassador of Mexico to France
In office 17 July 1995 – 7 September 1995
Secretary of the Interior
In office 10 January 1994 – 30 November 1994
Attorney-General
In office 4 January 1993 – 10 January 1994
President, National Human Rights Commission
In office 6 June 1990 – 4 January 1993
Justice, Supreme Court of Justice
In office 26 April 1989 – 1990
Rector, National Autonomous University of Mexico
In office 1 January 1985 – 1 January 1989
Preceded by	Octavio Rivero Serrano
Succeeded by	José Sarukhán Kermez
Personal details
Born	(1944-04-02)2 April 1944 Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Died	30 March 2012(2012-03-30) (aged 67) Mexico City, Mexico
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB, SJD) London School of Economics (LLM)
Profession	Jurist

Carpizo was born in San Francisco de Campeche to Óscar Carpizo Berrón and Luz María McGregor Dondé. He received a bachelor's degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a master's degree in law from the London School of Economics and a doctorate in law from the UNAM.

From January 1985 to January 1989, Carpizo McGregor served as Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.^[3] In the late 1980s he served as Minister Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. In June 1990 he was appointed president of the National Human Rights Commission (the first ombudsman in Mexico). In 1993 President Carlos Salinas de Gortari designated him Attorney General, and he later became Secretary of the Interior. In the following administration, President Ernesto Zedillo designated him Ambassador to France.^[4]

Jorge Carpizo died in Mexico City on 30 March 2012 from complications following surgery.^[5]

References

1. "La Jornada en Internet: Fallece Jorge Carpizo al ser intervenido en el DF" (in Spanish). Jornada.unam.mx. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
2. Article in Mexican journal Proceso about the death and life of Jorge Carpizo (in Spanish) (retrieved March 31, 2012)
3. "JORGE CARPIZO MAC GREGOR FALLECE DURANTE UNA OPERACIÓN QUIRÚRGICA" (in Spanish). CNN. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
4. Article in Mexican journal Proceso about the death and life of Jorge Carpizo (in Spanish) (retrieved March 31, 2012)
5. "Fallece el político mexicano Jorge Carpizo". BBC News Mundo. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

External links

• (in Spanish) Profile at the UNAM website.