The jurist, who presided over the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary between 1996 and 2001, has died in Madrid at the age of 93. The CGPJ has confirmed the news and has expressed its condolences.
The jurist Javier Delgado passed away this Friday in Madrid at the age of 93, as confirmed by the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). Delgado presided over the Supreme Court and the CGPJ itself between 1996 and 2001, and had previously served as a magistrate of the Constitutional Court. The information, first reported by catalunyapress.es, has been disseminated by the governing body of judges through a statement in which both the Supreme Court and the Council extend their condolences to the family and loved ones of the jurist.
Born in Barbastro (Huesca) on October 21, 1932, Delgado earned his doctorate in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and began his professional career in 1959, when he topped the competitive exams for the body of secretaries of the Administration of Justice. Shortly thereafter, he entered the judicial career, with Viella (Lleida) as his first destination, followed by positions in Estepona (Málaga) and the Navarre towns of Aoiz, Tudela, and Tafalla.
In 1974, he again achieved the top position, this time in the competitive exams for specialist magistrates in administrative litigation, which led him to the Chamber of this order in the Territorial Court of Burgos, where he served until 1984. That year, he was appointed as a member of the CGPJ, replacing José Leyva, to complete the last two years of the body's first term.
His rise continued in 1986 with his appointment as a magistrate of the Administrative Litigation Chamber of the Supreme Court. Between 1991 and 1994, he served as vice president of the Central Electoral Board, and in April 1995, he joined the Constitutional Court at the proposal of the CGPJ. His time in this body was brief: in July 1996, he was elected president of the CGPJ and the Supreme Court, a role he held until November 2001.
Just a few days after leaving office, he returned to the Constitutional Court, this time at the proposal of the Congress of Deputies, where he remained until July 2012.
Considered one of the leading legal specialists in urban planning, Delgado authored numerous doctrinal publications, including the monograph 'The control of discretion in urban planning'. He was awarded the grand cross of the Orders of San Raimundo de Peñafort and Military Merit, as detailed by the CGPJ.
He combined his judicial career with teaching as an assistant professor of Civil Law at the Complutense University, and of Administrative Law at the University College of Burgos and at the Associated Centre of UNED in that same city.
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