Isabel Perelló

Biography

Born in Sabadell on 18 March 1958, Isabel Perelló began her judicial career in 1985 and held posts in the Court of First Instance and Instruction of Mahón (Menorca), in the Provincial Court of Barcelona and in the High Court of Justice of Catalonia. A specialist magistrate in contentious-administrative matters, she served in the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Andalusia in Seville (1991) and in that of the National High Court (1994). In 1993, she joined the Constitutional Court of Spain as a lawyer, a position she held until 2003.

In 2009, she was promoted to the rank of magistrate of the Supreme Court of Spain and assigned to its Administrative Chamber. In this position, she specialised in economic regulation, supervising the activity of regulatory bodies such as the National Commission for Markets and Competition and the Bank of Spain.

In 2022, she was a candidate for judge of the Constitutional Court. In 2024, she was elected as president of the Supreme Court and of the General Council of the Judiciary, becoming the first woman to hold this position. She was presented as a consensus candidate, obtaining the support of 16 of the 20 members of the council.

She is a member of the association Judges for Democracy.