Ricardo Lewandowski

His Excellency Ricardo Lewandowski
President of the Supreme Federal Court President of the National Justice Council
In office 10 September 2014 – 12 September 2016
Vice President	Cármen Lúcia
Preceded by	Joaquim Barbosa
Succeeded by	Cármen Lúcia
Vice President of the Supreme Federal Court
In office 22 November 2012 – 10 September 2014 Acting President: 31 July – 10 September 2014
President	Joaquim Barbosa
Preceded by	Joaquim Barbosa
Succeeded by	Cármen Lúcia
Minister of the Supreme Federal Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2006
Appointed by	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Carlos Velloso
Personal details
Born	Henrique Ricardo Lewandowski (1948-05-11) 11 May 1948 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse(s)	Yara de Abreu
Alma mater	Faculty of Law of São Bernardo do Campo University of São Paulo Tufts University

Henrique Ricardo Lewandowski (Portuguese pronunciation: [ĩˈʁiki ʁiˈkaʁdu lɛvɐ̃ˈdɔvʃki], born May 11, 1948, in the city of Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian judge and a former president of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.^[1]

Lewandowski presided over the impeachment trial of president Dilma Rousseff, and controversially separated the cassation of her term from the cassation of her political rights. Two votes, then, occurred, and, upon losing her mandate, she maintained her political rights. Vice President Michel Temer succeeded her.

Lewandowski was replaced by Carmen Lúcia who was championed by José Celso de Mello Filho, Brazil's most senior jurist. Lewandowski had been known for championing a reduction in oversight of judges and an increase in their remuneration. Lucia's champion gave a speech talking about the need to remove corruption despite the presence of a number of alleged suspects.^[2]

Publications

• Proteção dos Direitos Humanos na Ordem Interna e Internacional. Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 1984.
• Pressupostos Materiais e Formais da Intervenção Federal no Brasil. São Paulo: Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, 1994.
• Direito Comunitário e Jurisdição Supranacional: o papel do juiz no processo de integração regional (ed.). São Paulo: Ed. Juarez de Oliveira, 2000.
• Globalização, Regionalização e Soberania. São Paulo: Juarez de Oliveira, 2004.
• A influência de Dalmo Dallari nas decisões dos tribunais (ed.). São Paulo: Saraiva, 2011.

References

External links

• Biography (Portuguese)

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