Juan Carlos Maqueda

Juan Carlos Maqueda (born 29 December 1949, Río Tercero, Córdoba Province ) is an Argentine lawyer, politician, and a retired member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina, serving from 2002 to 2024. As Provisional President of the Argentine Senate in 2001 and 2002, he chaired two legislative assemblies to elect a new President of Argentina during the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression and was acting President in the absence of the President.

Education Maqueda graduated in law from the Catholic University of Córdoba. From 1977 he taught at the university in the law faculty and was Technical Secretary between 1980 and 1986, as well as Professor of Law and Constitutional History.

Minister of the Supreme Court On 30 December 2002, Maqueda became a Supreme Court Justice, appointed by President Eduardo Duhalde. In 2005 he was appointed President of the Academic Council of the School of Justice.

Personal life Maqueda is married to María Belén Ferrer. In 2004, Maqueda and Ferrer were subject to a mob attack and had to be hospitalised.