List of Justice Ministers of Brazil
This list of Justice Ministers of Brazil contains all Justice Ministers of the South American state of Brazil who have been active since the beginning of the Sixth Republic (Nova República) from 1985 .
The Brazilian Justice Minister has his seat in the Palace of Justice in the capital Brasília, designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1957 .
The name of the ministry was
- 1889 to 1892: Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios da Justiça
- 1892 to 1967: Ministério da Justiça e Negócios Interiores
- 1967 to 2019: Ministério da Justiça
- from 2019: Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública
New Republic (Nova República), Sixth Republic
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| Fernando Lyra | March 15, 1985 | Feb. 14, 1986 |
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José Sarney |
| Paulo Brossard | Feb. 14, 1986 | Jan. 19, 1989 | ||
| Oscar Dias Correia | Jan. 19, 1989 | Aug 9, 1989 |
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| Saulo Ramos | Aug 9, 1989 | March 15, 1990 |
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| Bernardo Cabral | March 15, 1990 | Oct 13, 1990 |
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Fernando Collor de Mello |
| Jarbas Passarinho | Oct 15, 1990 | Apr 2, 1992 |
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| Celio Borja | Apr 2, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | ||
| Maurício José Corrêa | Oct 2, 1992 | Apr 5, 1994 |
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Itamar Franco |
| Alexandre de Paula Dupeyrat Martins | Apr 5, 1994 | Jan. 1, 1995 | ||
| Nelson Jobim | Jan. 1, 1995 | Apr 8, 1997 |
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Milton Seligman | Apr 8, 1997 | May 22, 1997 | ||
| Iris Rezende | May 22, 1997 | Apr 1, 1998 |
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| José de Jesus Filho | Apr 1, 1998 | Apr 7, 1998 | ||
| Renan Calheiros | Apr 7, 1998 | July 19, 1999 |
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| José Carlos Dias | July 19, 1999 | Apr 14, 2000 |
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| José Gregori | Apr 14, 2000 | Nov 14, 2001 |
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| Aloysio Nunes | Nov 14, 2001 | Apr 3, 2002 |
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| Miguel Reale Júnior | Apr 3, 2002 | July 10, 2002 |
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| Paulo de Tarso Ramos Ribeiro | July 10, 2002 | Jan. 1, 2003 | ||
| Márcio Thomaz Bastos | Jan. 1, 2003 | March 16, 2007 |
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Tarso Genro | March 16, 2007 | Feb 10, 2010 |
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| Luiz Paulo Barreto | Feb 10, 2010 | Dec 31, 2010 |
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| José Eduardo Cardozo | Jan. 1, 2011 | March 3, 2016 |
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Dilma Rousseff |
| Wellington César Lima e Silva | March 3, 2016 | March 14, 2016 |
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| Eugênio Aragão | March 14, 2016 | May 12, 2016 |
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| Alexandre de Moraes | May 12, 2016 | Feb. 22, 2017 |
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Michel Temer |
| José Levi Mello do Amaral Júnior (interim) | Feb. 7, 2017 | March 7, 2017 | ||
| Osmar Serraglio | March 7, 2017 | May 31, 2017 |
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Torquato Jardim as Ministro da Justiça |
May 31, 2017 | 1st January 2019 |
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Sérgio Moro as Ministro da Justiça e Segurança Pública |
1st January 2019 | April 24, 2020 Resignation |
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Jair Bolsonaro |
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André Mendonça as Ministro da Justiça e Segurança Pública |
Apr 29, 2020 | officiating |
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Web links
Commons : Minister of Justice of Brazil - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Galeria de Ministros da Justiça , Ministry of Justice website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ André Mendonça toma posse como ministro da Justiça e Segurança Pública. In: com.br. Poder360, April 29, 2020, accessed April 30, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).