José Celso de Mello Filho

His Excellency Celso de Mello


Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
Incumbent
Assumed office August 17, 1989
Nominated by	José Sarney
Preceded by	Rafael Mayer ^[1]
Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office May 22, 1997 – May 27, 1999
Preceded by	Sepúlveda Pertence
Succeeded by	Carlos Velloso

Personal details
Born	(1945-11-01) November 1, 1945 Tatuí, São Paulo, Brazil
Spouse(s)	Maria de Lourdes Campos de Mello ^[1]

José Celso de Mello Filho (Tatuí, November 1, 1945), is a Brazilian jurist, currently the oldest member of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil and is, therefore, referred to as the dean of the Court. He was nominated by President José Sarney in 1989.^[2]

He became the youngest President of the Court in 1997.^[2]

References

1 2 STF website (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 6, 2012.
1 2 Supreme Federal Court website. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

Legal offices
Preceded by Rafael Mayer	Judge of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil 1989–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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