Rosario Silva de Lapuerta (born 15 June 1954 in Madrid) is a Spanish jurist who served as a judge at the European Court of Justice (CJEU) between 7 October 2003 and 7 October 2021 and since 9 October 2018 as a Vice-President of the CJEU.
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Early years and education
Silva de Lapuerta was born in Madrid on 15 June 1954. Her father was the Francoist minister Federico Silva Muñoz and she is also the older sister of Marta Silva Lapuerta, Solicitor General from 2012 to 2016. She attained a Bachelor/Master of Laws at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Career
Career in Spain
On July 11, 1978 – five months before the Constitution of Spain was approved – Silva de Lapuerta was the first woman to enter in State Lawyers Corps in Spain. In 1978, she succeeded in her admission to the body of public prosecutors by civil service examination, becoming Abogado del Estado in Málaga; then at the Legal Service of the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communication and, subsequently, at the Legal Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.