María Cristina Chen Stanziola is a Panamanian jurist and judge. She has been serving as judge of the since 2022 and as its president since 2026.
Education Chen Stanziola obtained her law degree with honors from the Latin University of Panama in 1996 and her PhD in Law from the Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua in 2013, as well as a PhD in Administration, Finance and Justice in the Welfare State from the University of Salamanca. She holds several specialist master’s degrees in commercial law, procedural law, constitutional law and corporate legal consultancy from universities in Panama, Spain and Italy.
Career She has worked as lawyer and professor of commercial law at the University of Panama. In October 2021, President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo appointed her judge of the Third Chamber for Administrative and Labour Disputes of the , succeeding Luis Ramón Fábrega.
On 2 January 2026, the Supreme Court elected her the new president of the court and was sworn in on that day.
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