Luiz Fux holds a PhD in Civil Procedural Law from UERJ. He entered the judiciary in 1983, as judge of the Rio Court of Justice. He was Judge and Minister of the STJ. Took over an STF chair in 2011
Nominated by Dilma Rousseff, Fux received 68 favorable votes and 2 against Senate. In article on Folha, on the day of the inauguration, he stated that the judge’s role is “to protect those who suffer and claim the inheritance of those disinherited by the country” “
In the trial of the monthly, Fux was one of the ministers who voted for the conviction of the main defendants, including former Minister José Dirceu
In the indication process, he had met with Dirceu. In a conversation, Fux would have said “bush on his chest”, in reference to what he did in difficult situations. The phrase was made famous, but did not mean the acquittal of the former minister
Fux also voted several times in favor of Lava Jato and defended the legality of prisons in the second instance, where he highlighted the fight against corruption
Fux chaired the STF from 2020 to 2022. In the speech in which he took office, he said: “The Supreme cannot be submissive to external pressures.”
In the trial of the scammers of January 8, 2023, he voted for the conviction of the accused, but began to establish a counterpoint to the rapporteur, Alexandre de Moraes
In one lawsuit, the minister voted for a penalty of 1 year and 6 months to the hairdresser Débora dos Santos, who became a symbol of pockets, while Moraes proposed a sentence of 14 years in prison
In the central core of accused of the plot, Fux actively participated in the interrogations. Asked 39 questions to the defendants, including Mauro Cid. Asked about the scammer’s authorship and the characterization of the coup attempt
Although he voted for receiving the complaint, Fux diverged from Moraes regarding the dosimetry of the penalties and raised questions about Mauro Cid’s denunciation
“This is not the proper moment, but I see with a lot of reserve nine allegations of the same collaborator, each hour presenting a novelty,” he said, on the lieutenant colonel
“We judge under violent emotion after checking the January 8 tragedy,” he said in March 2025. “But I think the judges in his life always have to reflect on mistakes and the hits.”
In July 2025, Fux was the only one to vote against the imposition of an electronic anklet on Bolsonaro, highlighting the need for proportional precautionary measures
Luiz Fux turns 75 on April 26, 2028, deadline for his compulsory retirement at the Supreme Court. He will have remained 17 years in the Federal Supreme Court
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