Background
Ortiz Santos, Leopoldino was born on November 16, 1929 in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Son of Leopoldino Ortiz Ricavar, lawyer, and Concepción Santos Rivera.
Ortiz Santos, Leopoldino was born on November 16, 1929 in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Son of Leopoldino Ortiz Ricavar, lawyer, and Concepción Santos Rivera.
Early education unknown. Law degree, School of Law, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, 1943-1952. Professor, Juárez University of Durango, 1967-1968.
Federal Deputy from the State of San Luis Potosí, District No. 6, 1982-1985, member of the Gran Comisión, secretary of the Justice Committee. Joined Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1950.
Secretary of Youth Action of Institutional Revolutionary Party, San Luis Potosí, 1950-1952. Secretary of Legal Affairs of the National Executive Committee of National Federation of Popular Organizations of Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1983. Secretary General, Conciliation and Arbitration Board of San Luis Potosí, 1949-1951.
Agent of the Ministerio Público in San Luis Potosí, 1951-1952. Secretary General of Agreements, First Collegiate Court of the Circuit Court, 1953-1965. District Court Judge, Quintana Roo, Durango and Puebla, 1965-1970.
First Assistant Tax Attorney General, 1970-1978. Tax Attorney General for the Federal District, 1978-1982. Justice of the Supreme Court, since 1985.
Roman Catholic
President of the Student Association of the Law School of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, 1950-1952. Secretary of Finances of the Federal Judicial Workers Union, 1963-1965.
Spouse Leticia González Escamilla.