Carmen Consuelo Cerezo

Carmen Consuelo Cerezo
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
In office
1993–1999
Preceded byGilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz
Succeeded byHector Manuel Laffitte
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
In office
June 30, 1980 – February 28, 2021
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded bySeat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded byGina R. Méndez-Miró
Personal details
Born
Carmen Consuelo Vargas

(1940-08-22) August 22, 1940 (age 84)[1]
San Juan, Puerto Rico
EducationUniversity of Puerto Rico (BA, JD)
University of Virginia School of Law (LLM)

Carmen Consuelo Cerezo (née Vargas, born August 22, 1940) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Cerezo is the first Latina to serve on a federal bench, and the first female federal judge in Puerto Rico.[2] At the time of her retirement in 2021, Cerezo was the last federal judge in active service to have been appointed to her position by President Jimmy Carter.[a]

  1. ^ Judiciary, United States Congress Senate Committee on the (February 15, 1981). "Selection and Confirmation of Federal Judges: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Se jubila la jueza federal Carmen Consuelo Cerezo". La Perla del Sur (in Mexican Spanish). 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-06-15.


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