Maurício Corrêa

Maurício Corrêa (2003)

Maurício José Corrêa (born May 9, 1934 in São João do Manhuaçu , Minas Gerais ; † February 17, 2012 in Brasília ) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who, among other things, was a member of the Senate ( Senado Federal ), Minister of Justice, and judge and president of the Supremo Tribunal Federal , the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.

Life

After attending school, Corrêa studied law and social sciences at the Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1960 . After being admitted to the bar, he settled as a lawyer in Brasília in 1961 , where he specialized in commercial and private law. In addition, he was admitted as a prosecutor at the Institute for the Financial Administration of Social Welfare ( Instituto de Administração Financeira da Previdência e Assistência Social ) from 1961 to 1986 and also advisor to the Bar Association ( Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil ) between 1975 and 1986 . Between 1977 and 1979 he was first vice-president and then president of the Brasília Bar Association until 1986.

After the end of military rule began in 1986 his political commitment in that of Leonel Brizola founded Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT) and was for this in the Federal District as a member of the Federal Senate voted, which he dated 1 February 1987 to October 2 1992 belonged. During this time he was involved in numerous important legislative processes and was a member of several Senate committees. In 1990 he ran for the office of governor in the Federal District do Brasil, but was defeated by the former governor Joaquim Roriz .

After leaving the Bundessenat, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the Federal Government by President Itamar Franco on October 3, 1992, to succeed Célio Borja , to which he was a member until he was replaced by Alexandre de Paula Dupeyrat Martins on April 5, 1994.

As successor to Paulo Brossard , he was appointed judge at the Supreme Federal Court ( Supremo Tribunal Federal ) on December 15, 1994 and was a member of this for almost ten years until May 8, 2004. Most recently, he was appointed President of the Supreme Supreme Court on June 5, 2003 as the successor to Marco Aurélio Mello and held this office until he left the Supremo Tribunal Federal on May 8, 2004. Nelson Jobim was succeeded as President of the Supreme Supreme Court , while Eros Grau followed him as judge.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Supremo Tribunal Federal
• Morre Maurício Corrêa, ex-presidente do STF . In: Correio do Brasil of February 17, 2012
• Ex-ministro Maurício Corrêa falece aos 77 anos em Brasília (exame.com, February 17, 2012)