Inmaculada Montalbán Huertas

Inmaculada Montalbán Huertas (born 1959) is a Spanish judge who is expert in gender-based violence. She has been judge of the Constitutional Court of Spain since 2021 and its vicepresident since 2023. Montalbán previously served at the General Council of the Judiciary and the High Court of Justice of Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla.

She is regarded as a pioneer in the study and analysis of the gender perspective as a criterion for interpreting legislation.

Early life and education Montalbán was born in 1959 in the village of Iznalloz, Province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. She obtained a law degree from the University of Granada and joined the judiciary in 1985 after passing the competitive examination, having been posted to various courts across the country.

Career Her first postings as a judge were in Torrevieja and Almería.

She has worked with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation and the Government Delegation for Gender Violence and is one of Spain’s most internationally recognised legal experts on gender-based violence. On 11 November 2022 the Congress of Deputies approved her nomination. Montalbán was sworn in on 18 November 2021 before the King Felipe VI. On 12 January 2023 she became its vicepresident. She has been seen as a judge who is very much in line with its president Cándido Conde-Pumpido.

In March 2022, Montalbán dismissed the application for amparo lodged by Catalan politician Oriol Junquereas against his conviction for rebellion and sedition after the Catalan declaration of independence. She was the judge hearing the appeals for constitutional protection lodged by some of those convicted in the . Montalbán argued in favour of striking out the offence of embezzlement, taking the view that, just as the offence of prevarication had been struck out of the case, so too should the offence of embezzlement be struck out, as they are related offences.

Works Gender Perspective: a criterion for international and constitutional interpretation

Honors Medal of Andalusia (2012)