This is a list of ministers of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil since its foundation as Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Supreme Justice Court) the highest Brazilian court during the imperial period (1822–1889). [1]
Name | Provínce/State of origin |
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Adriano José Leal | ![]() |
Adriano José Leal Filho | ![]() |
Afonso Artur de Almeida Albuquerque | ![]() |
Agostinho Marques Perdigão Malheiros | ![]() |
Agostinho Petra de Bittencourt | ![]() |
Albino José Barbosa de Oliveira | Coimbra (![]() |
Alexandre Bernardino dos Reis e Silva | ![]() |
André Alves Pereira Ribeiro e Cirne | ![]() |
Antônio Augusto da Silva | ![]() |
Antônio Buarque de Lima | ![]() |
Antônio Cerqueira Lima | ![]() |
Antônio da Costa Pinto | ![]() |
Antônio da Silva Teles | ![]() |
Antônio de Sousa Mendes | ![]() |
Antônio Francisco de Azevedo | ![]() |
Antônio Gerardo Curado de Meneses | Ilha da Madeira (![]() |
Antônio Inácio de Azevedo | ![]() |
Antônio José da Veiga | ![]() |
Antônio José de Carvalho Chaves | ![]() |
Antônio José de Miranda | |
Antônio Luís Figueira Pereira da Cunha | ![]() |
Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu (Visconde de Abaeté) | Lisboa (![]() |
Antônio Pereira Barreto Pedroso | ![]() |
Antônio Pinto Chichorro da Gama | ![]() |
Antônio Rodrigues Fernandes Braga | ![]() |
Antônio Simões da Silva | ![]() |
Caetano José da Silva Santiago | ![]() |
Caetano Vicente de Almeida Júnior (Barão de Mucuri) | ![]() |
Cândido José de Araújo Viana (Marquês de Sapucaí) | ![]() |
Cassiano Spiridião de Melo Matos | ![]() |
Cornélio Ferreira França | ![]() |
Custódio Manuel da Silva Guimarães | ![]() |
Cipriano José Veloso | ![]() |
Ernesto Ferreira França | ![]() |
Eusébio de Queirós Coutinho da Silva | Luanda (![]() |
Firmino Pereira Monteiro | ![]() |
Francisco Alberto Teixeira de Aragão | Lisboa (![]() |
Francisco Balthazar da Silveira | ![]() |
Francisco Carneiro de Campos | ![]() |
Francisco de Paula Cerqueira Leite | ![]() |
Francisco de Paula Pereira Duarte | ![]() |
Francisco Domingues da Silva | ![]() |
Francisco Gomes de Campos (Barão de Campo Grande) | ![]() |
Francisco Jorge Monteiro | ![]() |
Francisco José Alves Carneiro | ![]() |
Francisco José de Freitas | ![]() |
Francisco Maria de Freitas e Albuquerque | ![]() |
Francisco Mariani | ![]() |
Francisco Soares Bernardes de Gouveia | ![]() |
Gustavo Adolfo d'Aguilar Pantoja | ![]() |
Inácio José de Mendonça Uchoa | ![]() |
Inocêncio Marques de Araújo Góis (Barão de Araújo Góis) | ![]() |
Jerônimo Martiniano Figueira de Melo | ![]() |
João Antônio de Araújo Freitas Henriques | ![]() |
João Antônio de Vasconcelos | ![]() |
João Antônio Rodrigues de Carvalho | ![]() |
João Batista Gonçalves Campos (Visconde de Jari) | ![]() |
João Carlos Leal | ![]() |
João de Medeiros Gomes | ![]() |
João Evangelista de Negreiros Saião Lobato (Visconde de Sabará) | ![]() |
João Gomes de Campos | ![]() |
João Joaquim da Silva | ![]() |
João José da Veiga | Coimbra (![]() |
João José de Almeida Couto (Barão do Desterro) | ![]() |
João José de Andrade Pinto | ![]() |
João José de Oliveira Junqueira | ![]() |
João Lopes da Silva Couto | ![]() |
Joaquim Caetano da Silva Guimarães | ![]() |
Joaquim Francisco de Faria | ![]() |
Joaquim Francisco Gonçalves Ponce de Leão | ![]() |
Joaquim José Pinheiro de Vasconcelos (Visconde de Monserrate) | ![]() |
Joaquim Marcelino de Brito | ![]() |
Joaquim Pedro Vilaça | ![]() |
Joaquim Tibúrcio Ferreira Gomes | ![]() |
Joaquim Vieira da Silva e Sousa | ![]() |
José Albano Fragoso (1º presidente) | São João Batista do Lumiar ( |
José Antônio de Magalhães Castro | ![]() |
José Antônio de Siqueira e Silva | ![]() |
José Ascenço da Costa Ferreira | ![]() |
José Baptista de Lisboa | ![]() |
José Bernardo de Figueiredo | ![]() |
José da Cruz Ferreira | ![]() |
José de Assis Mascarenhas | ![]() |
José Inácio Accioli de Vasconcelos | ![]() |
José Maria de Sales Gameiro de Mendonça Peçanha | ![]() |
José Mariani | ![]() |
José Matoso de Andrade Câmara | Luanda (![]() |
José Paulo de Figueiroa Nabuco Araújo | ![]() |
José Pereira da Costa Mota | ![]() |
José Pereira da Graça (Barão de Aracati) | ![]() |
José Ricardo da Costa Aguiar d'Andrada | ![]() |
José Tavares Bastos | ![]() |
José Verneque Ribeiro d'Aguilar | |
Lourenço José da Silva Santiago | ![]() |
Lucas Antônio Monteiro de Barros (Visconde de Congonhas do Campo) | ![]() |
Luís Antônio Barbosa d'Almeida | ![]() |
Luís Barbosa Accioli de Brito | ![]() |
Luís Carlos de Paiva Teixeira | ![]() |
Luís Correia de Queirós Barros | ![]() |
Luís Gonzaga de Brito Guerra (Barão de Açu) | ![]() |
Luís Joaquim Duque Estrada Furtado de Mendonça | ![]() |
Luís José de Sampaio | ![]() |
Manuel Caetano d'Almeida e Albuquerque | ![]() |
Manuel de Jesus Valdetaro (Visconde de Valdetaro) | ![]() |
Manuel dos Santos Martins Valasques | ![]() |
Manuel Elisário de Castro Menezes | ![]() |
Manuel Filipe Monteiro | ![]() |
Manuel Inácio Cavalcanti de Lacerda (Barão de Pirapama) | ![]() |
Manuel José de Freitas Travassos | ![]() |
Manuel Machado Nunes | ![]() |
Manuel Messias de Leão | ![]() |
Manuel Pinto Ribeiro Pereira de Sampaio | ![]() |
Manuel Rodrigues Vilares | ![]() |
Miguel Joaquim de Castro Mascarenhas | ![]() |
Olegário Herculano d'Aquino e Castro | ![]() |
Ovídio Fernandes Trigo de Loureiro | ![]() |
Monsenhor Pedro Machado de Miranda Malheiros | ![]() |
Silvério Fernandes de Araújo Jorge | ![]() |
Tomás Antônio Maciel Monteiro (Barão de Itamaracá) | ![]() |
Tomás Xavier Garcia d'Almeida | ![]() |
Tibúrcio Valeriano da Silva Tavares | ![]() |
Tristão de Alencar Araripe | ![]() |
Viriato Bandeira Duarte | ![]() |
Legenda: | Ministers who joined STF |
STF, in its initial composition had fifteen ministers. Decree n.º 19.656, Provisory Government act of 1931, reduced the number of ministers to eleven. The AI-2, of 1965, raised the number of ministers to 16. In 1969, AI-6 returned the composition to eleven ministers, which stays until this day. [2]
Seat | Order | Name | State of origin | Presidential nomination | Start | End |
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1 | 1 | Visconde de Sabará | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 26 February 1891 | 4 May 1892 |
1 | 2 | José Higino | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 4 June 1892 | 7 June 1897 |
1 | 3 | André Cavalcanti | ![]() | Prudente de Morais | 12 June 1897 | 13 February 1927 |
1 | 4 | Soriano de Sousa | ![]() | Washington Luís | 25 February 1927 | 20 July 1933 |
1 | 5 | Costa Manso | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 28 August 1933 | 3 May 1939 |
1 | 6 | Barros Barreto | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 17 May 1939 | 20 May 1963 |
1 | 7 [AI-6] | Hermes Lima | ![]() | João Goulart | 26 June 1963 | 19 January 1969 |
2 | 1 | Freitas Henriques | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 10 February 1894 |
2 | 2 | Luís Osório | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 28 November 1894 | 26 November 1896 |
2 | 3 | João Pedro | ![]() | Manuel Vitorino | 20 January 1897 | 2 November 1910 |
2 | 4 | Leoni Ramos | ![]() | Nilo Peçanha | 22 November 1910 | 20 March 1931 |
2 | 5 | Carvalho Mourão | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 8 June 1931 | 10 December 1940 |
2 | 6 | Castro Nunes | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 18 December 1940 | 2 September 1949 |
2 | 7 | Luís Gallotti | ![]() | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | 22 September 1949 | 16 August 1974 |
2 | 8 | Cordeiro Guerra | ![]() | Ernesto Geisel | 26 September 1974 | 18 March 1986 |
2 | 9 | Célio Borja | ![]() | José Sarney | 14 April 1986 | 31 March 1992 |
2 | 10 | Francisco Rezek (2ª nomination) | ![]() | Fernando Collor de Mello | 21 May 1992 | 5 February 1997 |
2 | 11 | Nelson Jobim | ![]() | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 15 April 1997 | 29 March 2006 |
2 | 12 | Cármen Lúcia | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 21 June 2006 | — |
3 | 1 | Alencar Araripe | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 25 January 1892 |
3 | 2 | Macedo Soares | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 29 January 1892 | 14 August 1905 |
3 | 3 | Guimarães Natal | ![]() | Rodrigues Alves | 23 September 1905 | 13 April 1927 |
3 | 4 | Cardoso Ribeiro | ![]() | Washington Luís | 25 May 1927 | 16 May 1932 |
3 | 5 | Laudo de Camargo | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 9 June 1932 | 25 April 1951 |
3 | 6 | Mário Guimarães | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 28 May 1951 | 10 April 1956 |
3 | 7 | Cândido Mota | ![]() | Juscelino Kubitschek | 2 May 1956 | 18 September 1967 |
3 | 8 | Amaral Santos | ![]() | Costa e Silva | 18 October 1967 | 25 July 1972 |
3 | 9 | Rodrigues Alckmin | ![]() | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | 11 October 1972 | 6 November 1978 |
3 | 10 | Rafael Mayer | ![]() | Ernesto Geisel | 15 December 1978 | 14 March 1989 |
3 | 11 | Celso de Mello | ![]() | José Sarney | 17 August 1989 | 13 October 2020 |
3 | 12 | Nunes Marques | ![]() | Jair Bolsonaro | 5 November 2020 | — |
4 | 1 | Andrade Pinto | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 8 October 1894 |
4 | 2 | Lúcio de Mendonça | ![]() | Prudente de Morais | 24 April 1895 | 26 October 1907 |
4 | 3 | Pedro Lessa | ![]() | Afonso Pena | 20 November 1907 | 25 July 1921 |
4 | 4 | Alfredo Pinto | ![]() | Epitácio Pessoa | 21 September 1921 | 8 July 1923 |
4 | 5 | Artur Ribeiro | ![]() | Artur Bernardes | 6 August 1923 | 24 March 1936 |
4 | 6 | Carlos Maximiliano | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 4 May 1936 | 13 June 1941 |
4 | 7 | Valdemar Falcão | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 18 June 1941 | 2 October 1946 |
4 | 8 | Hahnemann Guimarães | ![]() | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | 30 October 1946 | 3 October 1967 |
4 | 9 | Themístocles Cavalcanti | ![]() | Costa e Silva | 18 October 1967 | 14 October 1969 |
4 | 10 | Bilac Pinto | ![]() | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | 17 June 1970 | 9 February 1978 |
4 | 11 | Décio Miranda | ![]() | Ernesto Geisel | 27 June 1978 | 2 September 1985 |
4 | 12 | Carlos Madeira | ![]() | José Sarney | 19 September 1985 | 17 March 1990 |
4 | 13 | Marco Aurélio Mello | ![]() | Fernando Collor de Mello | 13 June 1990 | 9 July 2021 |
4 | 14 | André Mendonça | ![]() | Jair Bolsonaro | 16 December 2021 | — |
5 | 1 | Aquino e Castro | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 10 August 1906 |
5 | 2 | Manuel Espínola | ![]() | Rodrigues Alves | 29 September 1906 | 7 October 1912 |
5 | 3 [D-1931] | Pedro Mibielli | ![]() | Hermes da Fonseca | 13 November 1912 | 18 February 1931 |
6 | 1 | Faria | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 1 February 1892 |
6 | 2 | Anfilófio | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 1 March 1892 | 3 April 1895 |
6 | 3 | Figueiredo Júnior | ![]() | Prudente de Morais | 11 December 1895 | 23 August 1897 |
6 | 4 | Augusto Olinto | ![]() | Prudente de Morais | 8 September 1897 | 12 August 1898 |
6 | 5 | Gonçalves de Carvalho | ![]() | Prudente de Morais | 1 September 1898 | 18 January 1901 |
6 | 6 | Alberto Torres | ![]() | Campos Sales | 18 May 1901 | 18 September 1909 |
6 | 7 [D-1931] | Godofredo Cunha | ![]() | Nilo Peçanha | 25 September 1909 | 18 February 1931 |
7 | 1 | Mendonça Uchôa | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 25 March 1892 |
7 | 2 | Bento Lisboa | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 4 June 1892 | 18 November 1893 |
7 | 3 | Bernardino Ferreira | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 10 October 1894 | 24 October 1905 |
7 | 4 | Cardoso de Castro | ![]() | Rodrigues Alves | 11 November 1905 | 26 October 1911 |
7 | 5 | Oliveira Figueiredo | ![]() | Hermes da Fonseca | 11 November 1911 | 29 October 1912 |
7 | 6 | Sebastião Lacerda | ![]() | Hermes da Fonseca | 16 November 1912 | 5 July 1925 |
7 | 7 | Bento de Faria | ![]() | Artur Bernardes | 19 August 1925 | 25 May 1945 |
7 | 8 | Edgard Costa | ![]() | José Linhares | 8 November 1945 | 19 January 1957 |
7 | 9 | Vilas Boas | ![]() | Juscelino Kubitschek | 20 February 1957 | 25 November 1966 |
7 | 10 | Djaci Falcão | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 21 February 1967 | 26 January 1989 |
7 | 11 | Paulo Brossard | ![]() | José Sarney | 5 April 1989 | 24 October 1994 |
7 | 12 | Maurício Corrêa | ![]() | Itamar Franco | 15 December 1994 | 8 May 2004 |
7 | 13 | Eros Grau | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 30 June 2004 | 2 August 2010 |
7 | 14 | Luiz Fux | ![]() | Dilma Rousseff | 2 March 2011 | — |
8 | 1 | Queirós Barros | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 15 March 1892 |
8 | 2 | Faria Lemos | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 4 June 1893 | 11 January 1894 |
8 | 3 | Américo Brasiliense | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 24 November 1894 | 26 March 1896 |
8 | 4 | Ribeiro de Almeida | ![]() | Prudente de Morais | 24 June 1896 | 30 September 1913 |
8 | 5 | Coelho e Campos | ![]() | Hermes da Fonseca | 1 November 1913 | 13 October 1919 |
8 | 6 | Pedro dos Santos | ![]() | Epitácio Pessoa | 29 November 1919 | 18 February 1931 |
8 | 7 | Eduardo Espínola | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 13 May 1931 | 25 May 1945 |
8 | 8 [AI-6] | Lafayette de Andrada | ![]() | José Linhares | 8 November 1945 | 3 February 1969 |
9 | 1 | Sousa Mendes | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 6 May 1892 |
9 | 2 | Ferreira de Resende | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 28 June 1892 | 26 October 1893 |
9 | 4 | Sousa Martins | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 10 October 1894 | 25 December 1896 |
9 | 5 | Manuel Murtinho | ![]() | Manuel Vitorino | 23 January 1897 | 22 April 1917 |
9 | 6 [D-1931] | Pires e Albuquerque | ![]() | Venceslau Brás | 26 May 1917 | 18 February 1931 |
10 | 1 | Trigo de Loureiro | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 29 September 1894 |
10 | 2 | Ubaldino do Amaral | ![]() | Prudente de Morais | 15 December 1894 | 4 May 1896 |
10 | 3 | João Barbalho | ![]() | Manuel Vitorino | 20 January 1897 | 16 April 1906 |
10 | 4 | Amaro Cavalcanti | ![]() | Rodrigues Alves | 27 June 1906 | 30 December 1914 |
10 | 5 | Viveiros de Castro | ![]() | Venceslau Brás | 3 February 1915 | 14 April 1927 |
10 | 6 | Firmino Whitaker | ![]() | Washington Luís | 6 June 1927 | 5 March 1934 |
10 | 7 | Ataulfo de Paiva | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 20 March 1934 | 16 December 1937 |
10 | 8 | José Linhares | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 24 December 1937 | 29 January 1956 |
10 | 9 | Ary Franco | ![]() | Nereu Ramos | 1 February 1956 | 17 June 1963 |
10 | 10 [AI-6] | Evandro Lins | ![]() | João Goulart | 4 September 1963 | 16 January 1969 |
11 | 1 | Costa Barradas | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 21 October 1893 |
11 | 2 | Pindaíba de Matos | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 10 October 1894 | 27 December 1910 |
11 | 3 [D-1931] | Muniz Barreto | ![]() | Hermes da Fonseca | 31 December 1910 | 18 February 1931 |
12 | 1 | Oliveira Figueiredo | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 20 January 1902 |
12 | 2 | Epitácio Pessoa | ![]() | Campos Sales | 28 January 1902 | 17 August 1912 |
12 | 3 | Enéas Galvão | ![]() | Hermes da Fonseca | 24 August 1912 | 24 November 1916 |
12 | 4 | João Mendes | ![]() | Venceslau Brás | 5 January 1917 | 24 October 1922 |
12 | 5 | Geminiano da Franca | ![]() | Epitácio Pessoa | 22 November 1922 | 18 February 1931 |
12 | 6 | Plínio Casado | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 4 June 1931 | 1 October 1938 |
12 | 7 | Washington de Oliveira | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 12 October 1938 | 17 June 1940 |
12 | 8 | Annibal Freire | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 26 June 1940 | 17 May 1951 |
12 | 9 | Nélson Hungria | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 4 June 1951 | 11 April 1961 |
12 | 10 | Pedro Chaves | ![]() | Jânio Quadros | 26 April 1961 | 5 June 1967 |
12 | 11 | Barros Monteiro | ![]() | Costa e Silva | 7 July 1967 | 3 May 1974 |
12 | 12 | Leitão de Abreu | ![]() | Ernesto Geisel | 17 June 1974 | 11 August 1981 |
12 | 13 | Néri da Silveira | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 1 September 1981 | 24 April 2002 |
12 | 14 | Gilmar Mendes | ![]() | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 20 June 2002 | — |
13 | 1 | Barão de Lucena | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 25 January 1892 |
13 | 2 | Barros Pimentel | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 29 January 1892 | 18 November 1893 |
13 | 3 | Hermínio do Espírito Santo | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 17 November 1894 | 11 November 1924 |
13 | 4 | João Luís Alves | ![]() | Artur Bernardes | 24 January 1925 | 15 November 1925 |
13 | 5 | Herculano de Freitas | ![]() | Artur Bernardes | 28 January 1926 | 14 May 1926 |
13 | 6 | Heitor de Sousa | ![]() | Artur Bernardes | 2 July 1926 | 11 January 1929 |
13 | 7 | Rodrigo Otávio | ![]() | Washington Luís | 8 February 1929 | 7 February 1934 |
13 | 8 | Otávio Kelly | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 14 February 1934 | 30 July 1942 |
13 | 9 | Filadelfo e Azevedo | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 16 August 1942 | 26 January 1946 |
13 | 10 | Ribeiro da Costa | ![]() | José Linhares | 30 January 1946 | 5 December 1966 |
13 | 11 | Adauto Cardoso | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 2 March 1967 | 18 March 1971 |
13 | 12 | Antônio Neder | ![]() | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | 28 April 1971 | 10 June 1981 |
13 | 13 | Firmino Paz | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 24 June 1981 | 17 July 1982 |
13 | 14 | Aldir Passarinho | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 2 September 1982 | 22 April 1991 |
13 | 15 | Ilmar Galvão | ![]() | Fernando Collor de Mello | 26 June 1991 | 3 May 2003 |
13 | 16 | Ayres Britto | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 25 June 2003 | 18 November 2012 |
13 | 17 | Luís Roberto Barroso | ![]() | Dilma Rousseff | 26 June 2013 | — |
14 | 1 | Barão de Sobral | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 28 February 1891 | 31 August 1893 |
14 | 2 | Barata Ribeiro | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 25 November 1893 | 24 September 1894 |
14 | 3 | Américo Lobo | ![]() | Floriano Peixoto | 8 December 1894 | 1 October 1903 |
14 | 4 | Oliveira Ribeiro | ![]() | Rodrigues Alves | 14 October 1903 | 29 June 1917 |
14 | 5 | Edmundo Lins | ![]() | Venceslau Brás | 12 September 1917 | 16 November 1937 |
14 | 6 | Armando de Alencar | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 22 November 1937 | 6 May 1941 |
14 | 7 | Orozimbo Nonato | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 21 May 1941 | 27 January 1960 |
14 | 8 [AI-6] | Gonçalves de Oliveira | ![]() | Juscelino Kubitschek | 15 February 1960 | 3 February 1969 |
15 | 1 | Piza e Almeida | ![]() | Deodoro da Fonseca | 1 April 1891 | 22 April 1908 |
15 | 2 | Canuto Saraiva | ![]() | Afonso Pena | 16 June 1908 | 25 May 1919 |
15 | 3 | Hermenegildo de Barros | ![]() | Delfim Moreira | 26 July 1919 | 16 November 1937 |
15 | 4 | Cunha Melo | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 24 November 1937 | 1 April 1942 |
15 | 5 | Goulart de Oliveira | ![]() | Getúlio Vargas | 15 April 1942 | 28 May 1950 |
15 | 6 | Rocha Lagoa | ![]() | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | 16 June 1950 | 19 November 1960 |
15 | 7 [AI-6] | Victor Nunes | ![]() | Juscelino Kubitschek | 7 December 1960 | 16 January 1969 |
16 | 1 [AI-2] | Adalício Nogueira | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 25 November 1965 | 24 February 1972 |
16 | 2 | Xavier de Albuquerque | ![]() | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | 19 April 1972 | 21 February 1983 |
16 | 3 | Francisco Rezek (1ª nomeação) | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 24 March 1983 | 15 March 1990 |
16 | 4 | Carlos Velloso | ![]() | Fernando Collor de Mello | 13 June 1990 | 19 January 2006 |
16 | 5 | Ricardo Lewandowski | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 16 March 2006 | 11 April 2023 |
16 | 6 | Cristiano Zanin | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 3 August 2023 | — |
17 | 1 [AI-2] | Prado Kelly | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 25 November 1965 | 18 January 1968 |
17 | 2 | Thompson Flores | ![]() | Costa e Silva | 14 March 1968 | 26 January 1981 |
17 | 3 | Clóvis Ramalhete | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 8 April 1981 | 25 February 1982 |
17 | 4 | Oscar Correia | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 26 April 1982 | 17 January 1989 |
17 | 5 | Sepúlveda Pertence | ![]() | José Sarney | 17 May 1989 | 17 August 2007 |
17 | 6 | Menezes Direito | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 5 September 2007 | 1 September 2009 |
17 | 7 | Dias Toffoli | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 23 October 2009 | — |
18 | 1 [AI-2] | Osvaldo Trigueiro | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 25 November 1965 | 3 January 1975 |
18 | 2 | Moreira Alves | ![]() | Ernesto Geisel | 20 June 1975 | 20 April 2003 |
18 | 3 | Joaquim Barbosa | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 25 June 2003 | 31 July 2014 |
18 | 4 | Edson Fachin | ![]() | Dilma Rousseff | 16 June 2015 | — |
19 | 1 [AI-2] | Aliomar Baleeiro | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 25 November 1965 | 2 May 1975 |
19 | 2 | Cunha Peixoto | ![]() | Ernesto Geisel | 4 July 1975 | 9 December 1981 |
19 | 3 | Alfredo Buzaid | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 30 March 1982 | 20 July 1984 |
19 | 4 | Sydney Sanches | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 31 August 1984 | 27 April 2003 |
19 | 5 | Cezar Peluso | ![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 25 June 2003 | 3 September 2012 |
19 | 6 | Teori Zavascki | ![]() | Dilma Rousseff | 29 November 2012 | 19 January 2017 |
19 | 7 | Alexandre de Moraes | ![]() | Michel Temer | 22 March 2017 | — |
20 | 1 [AI-2] | Carlos Medeiros | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 25 November 1965 | 18 July 1966 |
20 | 2 | Elói da Rocha | ![]() | Castelo Branco | 15 September 1966 | 2 June 1977 |
20 | 3 | Soares Muñoz | ![]() | Ernesto Geisel | 8 August 1977 | 5 November 1984 |
20 | 4 | Otávio Gallotti | ![]() | João Figueiredo | 20 November 1984 | 28 October 2000 |
20 | 5 | Ellen Gracie | ![]() | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 14 December 2000 | 8 August 2011 |
20 | 6 | Rosa Weber | ![]() | Dilma Rousseff | 19 December 2011 | 29 September 2023 |
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The Federal Government of Brazil is the national government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, a republic in South America divided into 26 states and a federal district. The Brazilian federal government is divided into three branches: the executive, which is headed by the President and the cabinet; the legislative, whose powers are vested by the Constitution in the National Congress; and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in nine organs, including the Supreme Federal Court and lower federal courts. The seat of the federal government is located in Brasília.
Lei da Ficha Limpa or Complementary Law no. 135 of 2010 is a Brazilian act that amended the Conditions of Ineligibility Act. It was the fourth bill proposed by direct people's initiative as law in Brazil. It was devised by Judge Marlon Reis and received about 1.3 million signatures before being submitted to the National Congress. The act makes a candidate who has been impeached, has resigned to avoid impeachment, or been convicted by a decision of a collective body ineligible to hold public office for eight years, even if possible appeals remain.
Luís Roberto Barroso is a Brazilian law professor, jurist, Justice and President of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, having been nominated to the position by President Dilma Rousseff in 2013, and, since 25 May 2020, Barroso has also served as President of the Superior Electoral Court.
José Antonio Dias Toffoli is a Brazilian lawyer who has been a member of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil since 2009, nominated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Toffoli was the president of the Supreme Federal Court for the 2018–20 term.
Rosa Maria Pires Weber is a Brazilian magistrate, former justice and former president of the Supreme Federal Court, former president of the Superior Electoral Court and former justice of the Superior Labor Court.
Victor Nunes Leal was a Brazilian jurist, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Pedro Soares Muñoz was a Brazilian politician, jurist, lawyer and magistrate. He was a Supreme Federal Court and Superior Electoral Court minister and desembargador, a law judge, an electoral judge, and a professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and at the Course for Preparation for Entry to the Public Ministry.
Alfredo Buzaid was a Brazilian jurist, lawyer, magistrate and professor. During the military dictatorship he was Minister of Justice in the Emílio Garrastazu Médici government and Minister of the Supreme Court appointed by President João Figueiredo.
ADPF 153 was a constitutional review case ruled by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court, which the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB) requested the acknowledgment of the inconstitutionality of the Amnesty Law. Ruled in April 2010, the Supreme Court considered the case unfounded in a voting of 7 to 2.