José Fati Tepano
José Fati Tepano is the first Rapa Nui male to serve as a titular judge after completing the training program imparted by the Judicial Academy of Chile.
Background
José Fati Tepano, an Easter Island native, was born to Corina Tepano Tuke. He is a former student of the Lorenzo Baeza Vega School, and became a lawyer upon earning a Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences from the University of Chile.[1]
Judicial career
In 2015, Tepano graduated from the 67th Training Program of the Judicial Academy of Chile. Thereafter, he served as an alternate judge in the jurisdictions of Iquique, Santiago, Valparaíso and Puerto Montt.[1][2] While Jacobo Hey Paoa (first Rapa Nui male to earn a law degree and become an attorney) served as an alternate or subrogated judge for the Easter Island Court, Tepano is considered the first Rapa Nui titular judge after having undergone the Judicial Academy of Chile's training. He ascended to the bench in Taltal (Antofagasta Region, Chile) in 2017.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Juez (s) Rapa Nui se incorpora al Juzgado de Familia de Ancud | La Opinión de Chiloé". La Opinión de Chiloé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Jura juez (s) de Juzgado de Familia de Ancud | Periódico El Insular" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "José Fati Tepano juró como el primer juez titular Rapa Nui - Rapa Nui". www.rapanui.net. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Juzgado de Letras y Garantía de Taltal Utiliza Videoconferencia en Audiencia de Formalización | Region2.cl" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-13.