Minister assumes the place of Luís Roberto Barroso; Alexandre de Moraes will be your deputy
The minister, 67, takes office on Monday (29.Set.2025) as president of the (Supreme Court) in ceremony from 16h. He succeeds for a 2 -year term.
Fachin will have as deputy. The function of president of the Supreme Court also brings the command of the (National Council of Justice), responsible for the administrative and budgetary control of the judiciary.
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The new president has the opposite profile of Barroso, known for being “more sociable and partying ”.
The betstage bet is that it will follow the line of Rosa Weber, from attachment to institutionality. Named in 2015 by the then president (PT), for Joaquim Barbosa’s vacancy, Fachin kept his discretion even when he took over Lava Jato’s rapporteur after Teori Zavascki’s death.
At 67, Fachin should retire in 2033, when he will turn 75 years old, boundary age for STF ministers set by the Constitution. If you stay in the Supreme, you will have one of the longest mandates among the current court members.
Longest sabbatin
With the early retirement of Minister Joaquim Barbosa, in May 2014, then President Dilma Rousseff (PT) made her 3rd nomination to the STF. The decision took almost 1 year: Only on April 14, 2015 the presidency sent the Senate the name of lawyer Luiz Edson Fachin.
Specialist in Civil Law, Fachin is a full professor at UFPR (Federal University of Paraná) and was also a visiting professor at King’s College in the United Kingdom and researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
His approval took place in a turbulent political scenario, with the governing base in Congress in the midst of dismantling-months later, the then president of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), guided the president’s impeachment process.
In the Senate CCJ Sabbath, the opposition questioned an alleged irregularity in the fact that Fachin acted simultaneously in private law and as prosecutor of the state of Paraná. To congressmen, he explained that the legislation did not prohibit the accumulation of duties at the time it was approved in the contest. He also said that both the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) and PGE-PR (Attorney General of the State of Paraná) did not oppose.
Fachin was also charged for signed a manifesto of lawyers in support of Dilma Rousseff’s candidacy in 2010. He replied that he had not “No commitment if I had put on the Supreme’s toga to appreciate and judge any political party.”
The audience lasted 12 hours and 39 minutes, becoming the longest sabbath ever held in the current composition of the STF. Then the Senate plenary approved the nomination with 52 votes in favor and 27 opposites.
Fachin at the head of the STF
Minister Edson Fachin, 67, took over this Monday (29.Set.2025) the presidency of the Supreme Court. Fachin and will have Alexandre de Moraes as deputy. The position also includes the head of the CNJ (National Council of Justice), the body responsible for the administrative and budgetary control of the judiciary.
The first sessions under Fachin’s command already have defined themes. To October 1, the minister guided the trial on the so -called “Uberization” of work. The Supreme will decide whether there is an employment relationship between application drivers and digital platforms.
The process has recognized general repercussionwhich means that the decision will serve as a mandatory reference for all courts in the country.
