The minister arrived at (Supreme Federal Court) in 2011, appointed by the then president (). The campaign for his name began to be made by himself in 2004 and, to get support, came to search (PT), who was a defendant in the process of.
Subsequently and seven other defendants in the coup plot. Your vote is one of the most anticipated in the trial of the first class, which already has a score of 2 to 0 in favor of conviction. The minister disagreed with the rapporteur of the case, and was against the electronic anklet for the former president.
He also criticized the denunciation of E, on Tuesday (9), came to Moraes and exchange of barbs, four rapporteur and by drawing the minister’s attention.
after “hitting the post” three times, as you say. It was the first appointment of Dilma, who also indicated the current president of the court, minister, and the minister.
Fux was courted by the defenses of all eight defendants at the beginning of the trial of the coup plot last week. He said the minister has shone since his name to the Supreme Court was approved by the Federal.
Born on April 26, 1953, in Rio de Janeiro, Fux is 72 years old. He is married to Eliane Fux and father of the Judge of the TJRF (Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice), Marianna Fux, and lawyer Rodrigo Fux.
The minister graduated in law from UERJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), in 1976, where he also obtained the title of Doctor in Civil Procedural Law in 2009. He entered the magistracy of the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1982, after passing first in the public tender.
He was appointed Minister of (Superior Court of Justice) in 2001 by then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB), reaching the Supreme Court in 2011. He was president of the Supreme, the CNJ (National Council of Justice) and the TSE (Superior Electoral Court).
Academic, he was a full professor and head of the Department of Procedural Law at UERJ (Rio de Janeiro State University), as well as teaching in various national and international institutions.
In 2009, coordinated the jurist commission responsible for the draft of the new Code of Civil Procedure. Author of several books is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Legal Letters and the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers.
Throughout his career, he received several decorations for his contribution to Brazilian law and justice.
The campaign to reach the Supreme
In the last year of the second government of President Luiz Inacio da Silva (PT), in 2010, the then Minister of the STJ, Luiz Fux, intensified the political articulation around his name for the STF.
According to himself, it was “all or nothing.” He sought support from figures from all political spectra, such as Delfim Netto, Antonio Palocci, João Pedro Stedile, from MST (Landless Rural Workers Movement), then -governor Sérgio Cabral (RJ) and businessmen from Fiesp (Federation of Industries of São Paulo).
At the meeting he had with Dirceu, he handed his resume to Dirceu and asked him to take Lula. According to Fux, the monthly was not discussed in the conversation, but Dirceu himself would have believed he would vote for his acquittal.
The expression “weeds in the chest”, used by him, was interpreted at the time as a promise of support for the defendants, but surprised to the accused by vote hard against them during the trial, following rapporteur Joaquim Barbosa almost entirely.
At the time, he stated that his positions were in defense of the Constitution.
