Irma Cué Sarquis

Irma Cué Sarquis (born May 7, 1938), also known by her married name, Irma Cué de Duarte, is a Mexican lawyer and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She has held several public offices, including federal deputy and of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.

Early life and education Irma Cué Sarquis was born in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz, on May 7, 1938. She completed her basic studies there, and subsequently attended high school in Orizaba and preparatory in Mexico City. From 1955 to 1959, she studied for a licentiate in law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), graduating on October 1, 1964, with the thesis Algunas consideraciones sobre el juicio de amparo (Some Considerations on the Amparo Trial). From 1967 to 1974, she was assistant to the Director General of Tax Studies of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit. From 1974 to 1976 she served as Director of Legal Consulting of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), and from 1977 to 1982 she was General Legal Director of the General Coordination of Administrative Studies of the Presidency of the Republic.

Awards and recognitions 1980 – Research Award from the President of the Republic 1981 – Prize of Merit in Public Administration from the National Association of Lawyers 1982 – Second place for the National Public Administration Prize 1987 – Prize of Legislative Merit and Forum Prize of Mexico from the National Association of Lawyers

Publications La empresa pública en México (1970) Regulación Constitucional de las empresas públicas (1980) Control Legislativo de las Empresas (1981) La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación: propuesta legislativa de reorganización (1984) Formulación de políticas para incrementar la participación de la mujer en la administración pública (1990),