Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes
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| Joaquim Barbosa | |
 Justice Joaquim Barbosa |
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Supreme Federal Tribunal justice
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| Assumed office January 25, 2003 |
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| Nominated by | Luís Inácio Lula da Silva |
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| Born | October 7, 1954 Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes (Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is the only black Supreme Federal Tribunal justice in Brazil.
Although many people believe he is the first black justice in Brazilian Supreme Court, he is really the third one. He was preceded by:
- Hermenegildo de Barros (from 1919 to 1937)
- Pedro Lessa (from 1907 to 1921)[1]
