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Judicial branch Ecuador, in 36 editions.
The entry for Ecuador published Judicial branch in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 18 editions. Each is shown as published. Judicial branch in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 18
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Judicial branch” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) Chief of State and Head of Government--President Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos (since 10 August 1988);
- Vice President Luis PARODI Valverde (since 10 August 1988)
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) Chief of State and Head of Government--President Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos (since 10 August 1988); Vice President Luis PARODI Valverde (since 10 August 1988)
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) Chief of State and Head of Government--President Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos (since 10 August 1988); Vice President Luis PARODI Valverde (since 10 August 1988) Right to center parties-- Social Christian Party (PSC), former President Leon FEBRES Cordero Rivadeneira; Conservative Party (PC), Alberto DAHIK, leader; Radical Liberal Party (PLR), Blasco Manuel PENAHERRERA Padilla, director; Centrist parties-- Concentration of Popular Forces (CFP), Averroes BUCARAM Saxida, director; Radical Alfarist Front (FRA), Cecilia CALDERON de Castro, leader; People, Change, and Democracy (PCD), Aquiles RIGAIL Santistevan, director; Revolutionary Nationalist Party (PNR), Carlos Julio AROSEMENA Monroy, leader; Center-left parties-- Democratic Left (ID), President Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos, leader; Roldosist Party of Ecuador (PRE), Abdala BUCARAM Ortiz, director; Popular Democracy (DP), Vladimiro ALVAREZ, president; Christian Democratic (CD), Julio Cesar TRUJILLO; Democratic Party (PD), Francisco HUERTA Montalvo, leader; Far-left parties-- Broad Leftist Front (FADI), Rene MAUGE Mosquera, director; Socialist Party (PSE), Victor GRANDA Aguilar, secretary general; Democratic Popular Movement (MPD), Jaime HURTADO Gonzalez, leader; Ecuadorian National Liberation (LN), Alfredo CASTILLO, president; Popular Revolutionary Action Party (APRE), Lt. Gen. Frank VARGAS Pazzos, leader
Rewritten: too little of the 1990 text remains to mark the changes.
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) Chief of State and Head of Government--President Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos (since 10 August 1988); Vice President Luis PARODI Valverde (since 10 August 1988) Right to center parties-- Social Christian Party (PSC), former President Leon FEBRES Cordero Rivadeneira; Conservative Party (PC), Alberto DAHIK, leader; Radical Liberal Party (PLR), Blasco Manuel PENAHERRERA Padilla, director; Centrist parties-- Concentration of Popular Forces (CFP), Averroes BUCARAM Saxida, director; Radical Alfarist Front (FRA), Cecilia CALDERON de Castro, leader; People, Change, and Democracy (PCD), Aquiles RIGAIL Santistevan, director; Revolutionary Nationalist Party (PNR), Carlos Julio AROSEMENA Monroy, leader; Center-left parties-- Democratic Left (ID), President Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos, leader; Roldosist Party of Ecuador (PRE), Abdala BUCARAM Ortiz, director; Popular Democracy (DP), Vladimiro ALVAREZ, president; Christian Democratic (CD), Julio Cesar TRUJILLO; Democratic Party (PD), Francisco HUERTA Montalvo, leader; Far-left parties-- Broad Leftist Front (FADI), Rene MAUGE Mosquera, director; Socialist Party (PSE), Victor GRANDA Aguilar, secretary general; Democratic Popular Movement (MPD), Jaime HURTADO Gonzalez, leader; Ecuadorian National Liberation (LN), Alfredo CASTILLO, president; Popular Revolutionary Action Party (APRE), Lt. Gen. Frank VARGAS Pazzos, leader
The same text in 4 editions, 1992 to 1995.
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)
Rewritten: too little of the 1991 text remains to mark the changes.
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges are elected by the Chamber of Representatives
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) Suprema), judges are elected
by the Chamber of Representatives
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges are elected by Congress
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges are electedthe Chamber of Representatives
Congress
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges new justices are
elected by
Congress
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), or Corte Suprema, new justices are
The same text in 3 editions, 2001 to 2003.
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court)
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema, new Suprema (new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court Court)
- Supreme Court or Corte Suprema;
- note - per the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court;
- In December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court via a simple-majority resolution
Rewritten: too little of the 2003 text remains to mark the changes.
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema; note - per the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; In December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court via a simple-majority resolution
The same text in 4 editions, 2005 to 2008.
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (according to the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; in December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court via a simple-majority resolution)
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema; note - per Suprema (according to the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; In in December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court via a simple-majority resolution resolution)
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (according to the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; in December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court by a simple majority resolution)
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (according to the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; in December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court via by a simple-majority simple majority resolution)
The same text in 3 editions, 2010 to 2012.
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (according to the Constitution, justices are elected through a procedure overseen by the Judiciary Council);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (Constitutional Court justices are appointed by a commission composed of two delegates each from the Executive, Legislative, and Transparency branches of government)
Rewritten: too little of the 2009 text remains to mark the changes.
National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (according to the Constitution, justices are elected through a procedure overseen by the Judiciary Council); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (Constitutional Court justices are appointed by a commission composed of two delegates each from the Executive, Legislative, and Transparency branches of government)
- highest court(s):
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including a chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitutional (consists of 11 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of professionals;
- judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the judges renewed every 3 years;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly from candidates selected by the president, Supreme Court, and other government officials;
- judges appointed for 2-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Fiscal Tribunal;
- Superior Court (one for each province);
- lower provincial and cantonal courts
Rewritten: too little of the 2012 text remains to mark the changes.
highest court(s):
National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including a chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitutional (consists of 11 judges)
judge selection and term of office:
justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of professionals; judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the judges renewed every 3 years; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly from candidates selected by the president, Supreme Court, and other government officials; judges appointed for 2-year terms
subordinate courts:
Fiscal Tribunal; Superior Court (one for each province); lower provincial and cantonal courts
- highest court(s):
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals;
- judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the executive, legislative, and Citizen Participation branches of government;
- judges appointed for 9-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
- subordinate courts:
- Fiscal Tribunal;
- Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province);
- cantonal courts
highest court(s):
National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including a the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitutional Constitucional (consists of 11 9 judges)
judge selection and term of office:
justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals; judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the judges membership renewed every 3 years; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly from candidates selected by the president, Supreme Court, executive, legislative, and other government officials; Citizen Participation branches of government; judges appointed for 2-year 9-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
subordinate courts:
Fiscal Tribunal; Superior Court Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province); lower provincial and cantonal courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2015 to 2017.
- highest court(s):
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals;
- judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the executive, legislative, and Citizen Participation branches of government;
- judges appointed for 9-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
- subordinate courts:
- Fiscal Tribunal;
- Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province);
- cantonal courts
highest court(s):
judge selection and term of office:
subordinate courts:
- highest courts:
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals;
- judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the executive, legislative, and Citizen Participation branches of government;
- judges appointed for 9-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
- subordinate courts:
- Fiscal Tribunal;
- Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province);
- cantonal courts
highest court(s): courts: National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 judges)
judge selection and term of office: justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals; judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the executive, legislative, and Citizen Participation branches of government; judges appointed for 9-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
subordinate courts: Fiscal Tribunal; Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province); cantonal courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- highest courts:
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges, including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals;
- judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the executive, legislative, and Citizen Participation branches of government;
- judges appointed for 9-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
- subordinate courts:
- Fiscal Tribunal;
- Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province);
- cantonal courts
highest courts: National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges judges, including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 judges)
judge selection and term of office: justices of National Court of Justice elected by the Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals; judges elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the executive, legislative, and Citizen Participation branches of government; judges appointed for 9-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
subordinate courts: Fiscal Tribunal; Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province); cantonal courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- highest court(s):
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges, including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of the court president and 8 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- candidates for the National Court of Justice evaluated and appointed justices by the Judicial Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals;
- justices elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years;
- candidates for the Constitutional Court evaluated and appointed judges by a 6-member independent body of law professionals;
- judges appointed for 4-year renewable terms
- subordinate courts:
- provincial courts (one for each province except Galapagos);
- fiscal, criminal, and administrative tribunals;
- Election Dispute Settlement Courts;
- cantonal courts
highest courts: court(s): National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges, including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 the court president and 8 judges)
judge selection and term of office: justices of candidates for the National Court of Justice elected evaluated and appointed justices by the Judiciary Judicial Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals; judges justices elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years; candidates for the Constitutional Court judges evaluated and appointed judges by the executive, legislative, and Citizen Participation branches a 6-member independent body of government; law professionals; judges appointed for 9-year non-renewable 4-year renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 3 years
subordinate courts: Fiscal Tribunal; Election Dispute Settlement Courts, provincial courts (one for each province); province except Galapagos); fiscal, criminal, and administrative tribunals; Election Dispute Settlement Courts; cantonal courts
- highest court(s):
- National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges, including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers);
- Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of the court president and 8 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- candidates for the National Court of Justice evaluated and appointed justices by the Judicial Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals;
- justices elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one third of the membership renewed every 3 years;
- candidates for the Constitutional Court evaluated and appointed judges by a 6-member independent body of law professionals;
- judges appointed for 4-year renewable terms
- subordinate courts:
- provincial courts (one for each province except Galapagos);
- fiscal, criminal, and administrative tribunals;
- Election Dispute Settlement Courts;
- cantonal courts
highest court(s): National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges, including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of the court president and 8 judges)
judge selection and term of office: candidates for the National Court of Justice evaluated and appointed justices by the Judicial Council, a 9-member independent body of law professionals; justices elected for 9-year, non-renewable terms, with one-third one third of the membership renewed every 3 years; candidates for the Constitutional Court evaluated and appointed judges by a 6-member independent body of law professionals; judges appointed for 4-year renewable terms
subordinate courts: provincial courts (one for each province except Galapagos); fiscal, criminal, and administrative tribunals; Election Dispute Settlement Courts; cantonal courts
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Ecuador: Judicial branch.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/ecuador/judicial-branch.