Supremo Tribunal Federal

Supremo Tribunal Federal

Supremo Tribunal Federal - the Chamber

The Supremo Tribunal Federal (German: Supreme Federal Court ) is the supreme court of the Federal Republic of Brazil (court of last instance) and also exercises the function of a constitutional court. After the end of the Brazilian Empire in 1889, the Supremo Tribunal Federal took the place of the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, which was created in 1824 under the Constitution of 1822 .

The court consists of 11 judges, called ministers, including the court president. Luiz Fux has been President of the court since September 10, 2020, succeeding Dias Toffoli .

Architecture and building history

Its representative seat is on the south side of Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília . The building is based on a design by the architect Oscar Niemeyer and was already part of the Plano piloto . On April 21, 1960, the Supremo Tribunal Federal met for the first time at its new headquarters. In addition to the representative main building, two other buildings are now used for the tasks of the Supremo Tribunal Federal.

Composition of the STF

Current Ministers of the Supremo Tribunal Federal are:

_ Former President of the STF.   _ Current President of the STF.   _ Current Vice President of the STF.

No.	Surname	portrait	Born	Presidency	Commencement (posse)	end	annotation
1	José Celso de Mello Filho Designated Successor: Kássio Nunes Marques		November 1, 1945 in  São Paulo	José Sarney	17th August 1989	August 13, 2020
2	Marco Aurélio Mendes de Farias Mello		July 12, 1946 in  Rio de Janeiro	Fernando Collor de Mello	June 13, 1990	2021
3	Gilmar Ferreira Mendes		December 30, 1955 in  Mato Grosso	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	June 20, 2002	2030
4th	Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski		May 11, 1948 in  Rio de Janeiro	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	March 16, 2006	2023	57th (46th) President (Presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil)
5	Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha		April 19, 1954 in  Minas Gerais	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	June 21, 2006	2029	58th (47th) President ( Presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil )
6th	José Antonio Dias Toffoli		November 15, 1967 in  São Paulo	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	October 23, 2009	2042	59th (48th) President (Presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil)
7th	Luiz Fux		April 26, 1953 in  Rio de Janeiro	Dilma Rousseff	March 3, 2011	2028	60th (49th) President (Presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil)
8th	Rosa Maria Weber Candiota da Rosa		October 2, 1948 in  Rio Grande do Sul	Dilma Rousseff	December 19, 2011	2023
9	Luís Roberto Barroso		March 11, 1958 in  Rio de Janeiro	Dilma Rousseff	June 26, 2013	2033
10	Luiz Edson Fachin		February 8, 1958 in  Rio Grande do Sul	Dilma Rousseff	June 16, 2015	2033
11	Alexandre de Moraes		December 13, 1968 in  São Paulo	Michel Temer	March 22, 2017	2043

Web links

Commons : Supremo Tribunal Federal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Brazilian Portuguese)

Coordinates: 15 ° 48 ′ 7.9 ″  S , 47 ° 51 ′ 42.7 ″  W.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of competencies on the court's website . stf.jus.br. Accessed September 1, 2016 (English).
2. ^ History of the Supremo Tribunal Federal . stf.jus.br. Accessed September 1, 2016 (Brazilian Portuguese).
3. ↑ Luiz Fux toma posse como presidente do STF. In: com.br. Terra, accessed October 4, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
4. ↑ Composição atual. Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), accessed April 12, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ^ Ministro Alexandre de Moraes toma posse no STF. Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), March 22, 2017, accessed April 12, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
6. ↑ Aos 74 anos, Celso de Mello se aposenta do Supremo Tribunal Federal. In: com.br. noticias.uol.com.br, October 13, 2020, accessed October 13, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
7. ↑ Kassio Marques já tem apoio de maioria na Comissão do Senado. In: com.br. noticias.uol.com.br, October 9, 2020, accessed October 13, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).