Dr. Lorenzo Córdova Vianello is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Legal Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as well as a Professor of Constitutional Theory and Constitutional Law at UNAM Law Faculty.
In April 2023, Dr. Córdova stepped down from his post as Councilor President of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Mexico’s election management body, a post he had held since April 2014. Prior to this position, he was elected as Electoral Councilor of the former Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) of Mexico for the period December 2012-April 2014. He is also a member of the Board of the Institute for Studies for a Democratic Transition (IETD), an important think tank on issues regarding the Mexican process of democratization.
Dr. Córdova has written numerous articles and essays on political theory, electoral law, and political science; he has been a columnist with the El Universal Newspaper, a frequent contributor to the magazine Voice and Vote, and a periodical collaborator at TV Platform Latinus. He has been a member of the editorial boards of several journals. From August 2005 to May 2012, he headed the Law Faculty Journal at the UNAM. Within his recent books are Derecho y poder. Kelsen y Schmitt frente a frente (—Law and Power: Kelsen and Schmitt Face to Face— Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2009); coauthored, La democracia no se construyó en un día (—Democracy has not Been Builded in One Day— with Ernesto Núñez, Grijalbo, 2021) and La democracia no se toca (—Don’t Touch Democracy—with Ciro Murayama, Planeta, 2023). He also has hosted a number of television programs addressing electoral topics and has received two National Journalism Awards.
Dr. Córdova has a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a Ph.D. in Political Theory from the University of Turin in Italy.