Cármen Lúcia (justice)

Her Excellency Cármen Lúcia


Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court President of the National Justice Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 September 2016
Preceded by	Ricardo Lewandowski
Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court Vice President of the National Justice Council
In office 10 September 2014 – 12 September 2016
Preceded by	Ricardo Lewandowski
Succeeded by	Dias Toffoli
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 June 2006^[1]
Appointed by	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva^[2]
Preceded by	Nelson Jobim^[2]

Personal details
Born	(1954-04-19) 19 April 1954^[1] Montes Claros, Brazil^[1]
Alma mater	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais^[3]

Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj ˈlusjɐ ɐ̃ˈtũɲis ˈʁɔʃɐ], Montes Claros, 19 April 1954) is a Brazilian jurist and member of the Supreme Federal Court since 2006. She is the second woman to have been chosen as a justice for the Court. She was nominated by former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

She was President of the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.^[4] She currently is the President of the Supreme Federal Court.

At her introduction to the role she was championed by José Celso de Mello Filho, the most senior jurist. Lucia replaced Ricardo Lewandowski who had been known for championing a reduction in oversight and an increase in remuneration for judges. Her champion gave a speech talking about the need to remove corruption despite the presence of a number of alleged suspects.^[5]

References

1 2 3 O Estado de S. Paulo, June 22, 2006, p. A5
1 2 O Estado de S. Paulo, May 11, 2006, p. A7
↑ Curriculum Vitae at STF Website. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 November 2012.
↑ TSE Website (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 November 2012.
↑ Cármen Lúcia becomes the second woman ahead of the Supreme Court and says that the Brazilian people is not satisfied with the Justice System, 13 September 2016, Plus 55, Retrieved 18 September 2016

Legal offices
Preceded by Nelson Jobim	Minister of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil 2006–present	Incumbent

Presidents of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
Fragoso Monteiro de Barros Bernardo de Figueiredo Pereira Duarte Pereira de Sampaio Pinheiro de Vasconcelos Marcelino de Brito Antônio de Vasconcelos Barbosa de Oliveira Valdetaro Saião Lobato Freitas Henriques Aquino e Castro Toledo Piza Pindaíba Espírito Santo D'Albuquerque Xavier da Cunha Leoni Ramos Pereira Lins Bento de Faria Espínola José Linhares Laudo Ferreira de Camargo José Linhares Orozimbo Nonato Barros Barreto Lafayette de Andrada Ribeiro da Costa Luís Gallotti Gonçalves de Oliveira Trigueiro Aliomar Baleeiro Elói José da Rocha Djaci Falcão Thompson Flores Neder Xavier de Albuquerque Cordeiro Guerra Moreira Alves Luís Rafael Mayer José Néri da Silveira Passarinho Sydney Sanches Albuquerque Gallotti Sepúlveda Pertence Celso de Mello Silva Velloso Aurélio Mello Maurício José Corrêa Nelson Jobim Ellen Gracie Gilmar Mendes Antonio Cezar Peluso Carlos Ayres Britto Joaquim Barbosa Ricardo Lewandowski Carmen Lúcia

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