Juan Carlos Maqueda

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. He practiced law specialising in labour law, and in 1973 he joined the Córdoba provincial justice system, although he was proscribed by the military government in 1976. Maqueda was also active politically, serving as Director of Culture for the city of Córdoba in 1974. In 1986, he was elected to the constitutional convention for his province and led the bloc of Renewal Peronists and Christian Democrats. The following year he was elected to the provincial legislature and served as Vice-President of the provincial Chamber of Deputies. ==Career==

Political career Between 1991 and 1999, Maqueda served in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for his province. He was Vice-President of the Justicialist Party bloc in the Chamber, President of the Justice Committee, and Vice-President of the Constitutional Affairs Committee. 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. == References ==