Juan Carlos Campo was born in
Osuna, Spain, on October 17, 1961. He is graduated in law by the
University of Cadiz. Campo joined the judiciary in 1987, being promoted to magistrate in 1989. Since 1997, he is Doctor of Laws by the Cadiz University and he was also law Lecturer in Andalusian Interuniversity Institute of Criminology. Since April 2019, he is also member of the
Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation. He left the office in December 2011, when his government lost the
general election. In November 2014, he was appointed Secretary-General for Relations with Parliament within the Andalusian Government. He was one of the candidates proposed by the
PSOE in the
Senate to fill one of the vacancies of a magistrate in the renewal of the
Constitutional Court, although his candidacy was rejected.
Minister of Justice Because of his experience as Secretary of State for Justice, on January 11, 2020, the
Office of the Prime Minister,
Pedro Sánchez, announced that he would be appointed
Minister of Justice in the
Sánchez Second Cabinet succeeding
Dolores Delgado. He took the office on 13 January 2020 before the King in Zarzuela Palace and as First Notary of the Kingdom, attested to the inauguration of the rest of the new government. In February 2020 he resigned as MP to focus on government affairs and in July 2021 he was replaced by
Pilar Llop as minister of Justice.
Member of the Constitutional Court In November 2022, the Government proposed Campo as magistrate of the
Constitutional Court. This proposal was criticized by
Unidas Podemos, the other party that made up the
coalition government, as well as by the opposition. After receiving the approval of the Plenary of the Constitutional Court, he was sworn in by King
Felipe VI on 31 December 2022. == Bibliography ==