Concepción Espejel
Spanish magistrate (born 1959)
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Concepción Espejel Jorquera (born 15 September 1959) is a Spanish magistrate, member of the Constitutional Court of Spain since 2021.
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15 September 1959
Concepción Espejel | |
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Espejel in 2011 | |
| Magistrate of the Constitutional Court | |
| Assumed office 17 November 2021 | |
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| Born | Concepción Espejel Jorquera 15 September 1959 Madrid, Spain |
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Biography
Espejel was born on 15TH September 1959 in Madrid.[1] She joined the judicial career in 1983,[2] after passing a (minor) public examination to the post of district judge.[3] She had Vinaroz, Valls and Reus as early destinations.[2] From 1987 to 2008, she worked as magistrate in the provincial audiencias of Tarragona, Segovia and Guadalajara.[2] In Guadalajara, she assumed the pre-trial investigation on the 2005 Guadalajara forest fire.[4]
She served as member of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) during the 2008–2013 term.[2][4] After her spell at the CGPJ, she returned to the judicial career and entered the Audiencia Nacional.[5]
She was recused (at least 6 times) of procedures related to the Gürtel case because of her proximity to the People's Party (alongside fellow magistrate Enrique López).[6][7] In 2017, the CGPJ elected her nonetheless to lead the Criminal Chamber of the Audiencia Nacional, in replacement of Fernando Grande-Marlaska.[8][5] As president of said chamber, she participated in the trial of the so-called Altsasu case, which was eventually taken to the Strasbourg Court in order to determine if the accused had a fair trial.[9]
In October 2021, after a tentative deal struck between the national government and the opposition, she was reported to be one of the incoming members of the Constitutional Court.[10] The Congress of Deputies approved her nomination on 11 November 2021[11] and was appointed on 17 November.[12] She was sworn in the following day.[13]