The Union’s attorney general, Jorge Messias, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) new nominee to assume a seat on the Federal Supreme Court (STF), will be able to return a representative to Pernambuco on the Supreme Court after 62 years.
In total, 11 people from Pernambuco have already occupied a vacancy on the STF. The last was Barros Barreto, appointed by Getúlio Vargas in 1939, during the Estado Novo dictatorship. He remained on the court until 1963, totaling 24 years as a minister.
If approved by the Senate, Messias, aged 45, will be able to remain in the Supreme Court until 2055, when he will reach the constitutional age for compulsory retirement. If confirmed, he could have 30 years of experience on the Court.
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The Faculty of Law of Recife (UFPE), where Messias studied, trained 40 STF ministers throughout history. The most recent was Rafael Mayer, from Paraíba, who retired in 1989 after just over ten years at the court. The institution was created in 1827 by Emperor Dom Pedro I, as was the Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco, today part of the University of São Paulo (USP).
States without ministers on the STF
According to data from the Supreme Court itself, six States and the Federal District never had representatives in the Court, namely Acre Amapá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins, in addition to the Federal District.
The federation units that had the most ministers in the STF are: Rio de Janeiro – 33; Minas Gerais – 30; São Paulo – 26; Rio Grande do Sul – 18; followed by Bahia – 14 and Pernambuco – 11.
Origin of the current STF ministers
- Alexandre de Moraes – São Paulo (SP)
- Cármen Lúcia – Minas Gerais (MG)
- Cristiano Zanin – São Paulo (SP)
- Edson Fachin – Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
- Flávio Dino – Maranhão (MA)
- Gilmar Mendes – Mato Grosso (MT)
- Luiz Fux – Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
- Nunes Marques – Piauí (PI)
- André Mendonça – São Paulo (SP)
