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His Excellency
Alexandre de Moraes
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
Assumed office
22 March 2017
Appointed byMichel Temer
Preceded byTeori Zavascki
President of the Superior Electoral Court
Assumed office
16 August 2022
Vice PresidentRicardo Lewandowski
Preceded byEdson Fachin
Minister of Justice
In office
12 May 2016 – 22 February 2017[a]
PresidentMichel Temer
Preceded byEugênio Aragão
Succeeded byJosé Levi do Amaral (acting)
Other judicial positions
2022–2022Vice President of the Superior Electoral Court
2020–presentEffective Justice of the Superior Electoral Court
2017–2020Substitute Justice of the Superior Electoral Court
2005–2007Counselor of the National Justice Council
Other political positions
2015–2016Secretary of Public Security of the State of São Paulo
2007–2010Secretary of Transports of the Municipality of São Paulo
2002–2005Secretary of Justice of the State of São Paulo
Personal details
Born (1968-12-13) 13 December 1968 (age 55)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSDB (2015–2017)
SpouseViviane Barci de Moraes
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo (LLB, PhD)

Alexandre de Moraes (born 13 December 1968 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian jurist, currently a judge at the Superior Electoral Court and the Supreme Federal Court.

Life

Married with three children, Alexandre de Moraes studied at the Law Faculty of the University of São Paulo, graduating in 1990.[2]

Moraes is an associate professor of the Law School, University of São Paulo (USP). Doctored in State Law in the same university under the supervision of professor Dalmo Dallari, he presented a thesis about constitutional jurisdiction.[citation needed]

He was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). In 2002, he was appointed Secretary of Public Security of the State of São Paulo.[3]

Alexandre Moraes has been involved in several corruption related scandals,[4][5] Alexandre Moraes is suspected of receiving [6]$4 million[7][8][9][10][11] [12] from a company that was part of the nation's largest graft scheme involving the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) investigated by the Federal Police.[13][14][15][16][17][18] Despite several corruption allegations and controversies[19][20][21][22][23] Mr. Moraes was nominated minister of the Supreme Federal Court by president Michel Temer on 22 February 2017,[24] succeeding minister Teori Zavascki, who was killed on 19 January 2017 in a plane crash,[25] while overseeing the investigation of politicians linked to the nation's largest graft scheme.[26][27]

Alexandre Moraes assumed office on 22 March 2017. As minister, he claims to defend a policy of "zero tolerance". He denounced the alleged "criminal attitudes" of leftist movements and justified police violence. He was at the centre of another controversy when the daily Estadao published an investigation claiming that he had intervened to defend the Transcooper cooperative, suspected of being linked to Brazil's main drug trafficking group, the First Command of the Capital(PCC), which he denied.[28]

In June 2020, 10, Mr Moraes - in response to a legal challenge from three political parties - said the health ministry must "fully re-establish the daily divulgation of epidemiological data on the Covid-19 pandemic", including on its website: «Mr Moraes gave President Jair Bolsonaro's government 48 hours to release the full figures again».[29]

In August 2022, 16, Moraes was elected as the presiding justice of the Superior Electoral Court, in a public ceremony with 2000 guests at the court auditorium. The justice Ricardo Lewandowski took place as his vice-president on duty.[30][31][32]

2020 Brazil Judiciary fake news inquiry

In April 2019, the Supreme Federal Court president Dias Toffoli, a former legal representative for the Workers' Party (PT) in the presidential campaigns of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 1998, 2002 and 2006,[33] launched an inquiry to investigate personal attacks and statements against court members. Moraes was chosen as its rapporteur.[34] That month, Crusoé magazine reported that a document from Operation Car Wash revealed that then-Solicitor General Toffoli was also involved in the Odebrecht scandal, lead by the Workers' Party (PT) and involving former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,[35][36][37][38][39][40] according to the company's former chairman Marcelo Odebrecht.

On 15 April, Moraes ordered that Crusoé take down the article from their website. Toffoli himself later requested a probe into whether Crusoé illegally leaked the document. The Court's decision on the matter was criticized by outlets such as The Intercept on the basis of censorship and attack on the freedom of the press.[41][42]

On 27 May 2020, as part of that same inquiry, the Federal Police launched an operation probing businessmen, bloggers and politicians allied to President Jair Bolsonaro.[43]

Several politicians (liberals and conservatives), private sector, civil society members and medias accused Moraes of practicing nepotism, political interference, of political repression, abusing of power and deploying a constitutional dictatorship.[44][45][46][47]

On March 19, 2022, Moraes ordered the suspension of the messaging app Telegram, accusing it of repeatedly failing to block accounts spreading disinformation, and ignoring previous court decisions. President Bolsonaro called the ruling "inadmissible", while Telegram founder Pavel Durov blamed the company's failings on email issues, pledging to do a better job.[48]

Notes

  1. ^ Discharged from 7 February 2017 to 22 February 2017[1]

References

  1. ^ Chagas, Paulo Victor (22 February 2017). "Alexandre de Moraes é nomeado para o Supremo Tribunal Federal" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Brésil : Le juge Alexandre de Moraes, bête noire de Bolsonaro". Le Monde.fr. 15 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Brésil : Le juge Alexandre de Moraes, bête noire de Bolsonaro". Le Monde.fr. 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ de 2016, João FilhoJoão Filho2 de Outubro; 13h16. "As trapalhadas de Alexandre de Moraes no governo das aparências". The Intercept Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Relembre dez controvérsias envolvendo Moraes, indicado ao STF". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  6. ^ Alexandre de Moraes é suspeito de receber R$ 4 milhões de empresa investigada pela PF, retrieved 2022-11-08
  7. ^ "Alexandre de Moraes recebeu R$ 4 milhões de empresa alvo da Acrônimo". Valor Econômico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  8. ^ "Continue lendo com acesso ilimitado". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  9. ^ GGN, Jornal (2017-02-22). "Repasse de R$ 4 milhões a Moraes é abafado na sabatina, com ajuda de Fux". Rede Brasil Atual (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  10. ^ "Ministro da Justiça recebeu R$ 4 milhões de empresa alvo da Acrônimo". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  11. ^ "Brazil's Temer taps political ally for top court amid graft probe". Reuters. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  12. ^ Batista, Micael (2022-11-06). "Em 2011, Alexandre de Moraes recebeu R$ 4 mi de empresa alvo da PF e planilha continha a sigla "PT"". BR104 - Portal de notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  13. ^ de 2016, João FilhoJoão Filho2 de Outubro; 13h16. "As trapalhadas de Alexandre de Moraes no governo das aparências". The Intercept Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Relembre dez controvérsias envolvendo Moraes, indicado ao STF". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  15. ^ Alexandre de Moraes é suspeito de receber R$ 4 milhões de empresa investigada pela PF, retrieved 2022-11-08
  16. ^ "Conheça a Linha do tempo — Caso Lava Jato". www.mpf.mp.br. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  17. ^ "Operation Car Wash: The biggest corruption scandal ever?". the Guardian. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  18. ^ Batista, Micael (2022-11-06). "Em 2011, Alexandre de Moraes recebeu R$ 4 mi de empresa alvo da PF e planilha continha a sigla "PT"". BR104 - Portal de notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  19. ^ de 2016, João FilhoJoão Filho2 de Outubro; 13h16. "As trapalhadas de Alexandre de Moraes no governo das aparências". The Intercept Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Alexandre de Moraes é suspeito de receber R$ 4 milhões de empresa investigada pela PF, retrieved 2022-11-08
  21. ^ "Relembre dez controvérsias envolvendo Moraes, indicado ao STF". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  22. ^ GGN, Jornal (2017-02-22). "Repasse de R$ 4 milhões a Moraes é abafado na sabatina, com ajuda de Fux". Rede Brasil Atual (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  23. ^ "Brazil's Temer taps political ally for top court amid graft probe". Reuters. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  24. ^ "Brazil's Temer taps political ally for top court amid graft probe". Reuters. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  25. ^ Renan Ramalho (22 February 2017). "Alexandre de Moraes toma posse no próximo dia 22 de março, informa STF" (in Brazilian Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  26. ^ "Funeral of major graft probe judge killed in plane crash". Reuters. 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  27. ^ "Brazil's Temer taps political ally for top court amid graft probe". Reuters. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  28. ^ "Brésil : Le juge Alexandre de Moraes, bête noire de Bolsonaro". Le Monde.fr. 15 October 2021.
  29. ^ Coronavirus: Brazil resumes publishing Covid-19 data after court ruling, BBC news, 11 June 2020.
  30. ^ "Ministro Alexandre de Moraes toma posse como presidente do TSE". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  31. ^ "'Black box' found after plane crash killed Brazil judge". Reuters. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  32. ^ "Operation Car Wash: The biggest corruption scandal ever?". the Guardian. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  33. ^ "'PT é página virada', diz ministro Dias Toffoli antes de assumir o TSE". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  34. ^ "Entenda o inquérito do Supremo que investiga ameaças à Corte e veja os pontos polêmicos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  35. ^ ""Corrupção na Odebrecht é a mais organizada da história do capitalismo"". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  36. ^ BrasilBrasília, Gioconda (2017-04-14). "Delações da Odebrecht: entenda o maior escândalo de corrupção do país". Jornal Hoje (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  37. ^ Minas, Estado de (2019-10-08). "Odebrecht confirma propinas para o PT". Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  38. ^ "O ocaso da Odebrecht – DW – 28/07/2020". dw.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  39. ^ ICIJ (2019-06-26). "Vazamento expõe novos indícios de corrupção no caso Odebrecht". Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  40. ^ "PF acusa Lula de corrupção por causa de doação da Odebrecht a Instituto". Consultor Jurídico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  41. ^ Brasil, The Intercept (2019-04-16). "'O amigo do amigo de meu pai': publicamos a reportagem da Crusoé que o STF censurou". The Intercept. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  42. ^ Braziliense, Correio (2019-04-19). "'Não houve mordaça nem censura', diz Toffoli sobre tirar reportagem do ar". Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  43. ^ "Polícia Federal faz buscas em endereços de Roberto Jefferson, Luciano Hang e blogueiros". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  44. ^ "STF quer legislar e governar ao mesmo tempo". 9 June 2020.
  45. ^ ""Censura, ditadura e vergonha": bolsonaristas reagem a ação da PF". 27 May 0312. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  46. ^ "Advogado confronta Toffoli e Moraes durante sessão do STF: 'A pior ditadura é a do judiciário'". jusbrasil.com.br. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  47. ^ "STF governa ilegalmente o País e pune quem incomoda Moraes". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  48. ^ Brito, Ricardo; Paraguassu, Lisandra (2022-03-19). "Brazil's Supreme Court suspends Telegram, a key Bolsonaro platform". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
Legal offices
Preceded by Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
2017–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Vice President of the Superior Electoral Court
2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Superior Electoral Court
2022–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Edson Luiz Vismona
 Secretary of Justice of São Paulo
2002–2005 		Succeeded by
Hédio Silva Júnior
Preceded by
Fernando Grella Vieira
 Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo
2015–2016 		Succeeded by
Mágino Barbosa
Preceded by
Eugênio Aragão
 Minister of Justice and Public Security
2016–2017 		Succeeded by
Order of precedence
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