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Her Excellency
Cármen Lúcia
Her Excellency Cármen Lúcia
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 June 2006
Nominated by	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Nelson Jobim
President of the Supreme Federal Court
	In office; 12 September 2016 – 13 September 2018
Vice President	Dias Toffoli
Preceded by	Ricardo Lewandowski
Succeeded by	Dias Toffoli
President of the Superior Electoral Court
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 June 2024
Vice President	Nunes Marques
Preceded by	Alexandre de Moraes
Personal details
Born	19 April 1954 (age 70); Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais
Reference(s)
	Other judicial positions 2016–2018: President, National Justice Council ; 2014–2016: Vice President, Supreme Federal Court ; 2014–2016: Vice President, National Justice Council ; 2012–2013: President, Superior Electoral Court ; 2010–2012: Vice President, Superior Electoral Court ; 2008–2013: Effective Justice, Superior Electoral Court ; 2006–2008: Substitute Justice, Superior Electoral Court ;

Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj ˈlusjãˈtũɲiz ˈʁɔʃɐ]; 19 April 1954) is a Brazilian jurist and member of the Supreme Federal Court since 2006. She is the second woman to have been chosen as a justice for the Court and Chief Justice and a professor of Constitutional Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.^[4] She was nominated by former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Antunes Rocha's work has been marked by the rigor with which she tries corruption cases and her firm stance regarding women's rights.^[5]

She is currently the President of the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.^[6] She was the President of the Supreme Federal Court. She became Acting President from April 13, 2018, until April 14 of the same year, as President Michel Temer attended the VIII Summit of the Americas, and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, and the president of the Senate, Eunício Oliveira were outside Brazil.^[7]

At her introduction to the role she was championed by José Celso de Mello Filho, the most senior justice of the court. Lucia replaced Ricardo Lewandowski who had been known for championing a reduction in oversight and an increase in remuneration for judges. Her champion gave a speech talking about the need to remove corruption, although the event had presence of a number of alleged suspects.^[8] In 2018, the minister Dias Toffoli succeeded Carmen Lúcia as president of the Court.^[9]

References

^ O Estado de S. Paulo, June 22, 2006, p. A5
^ O Estado de S. Paulo, May 11, 2006, p. A7
^ Curriculum Vitae at STF Website. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ "Notícias". www.pucminas.br.
^ "Cármen Lúcia takes office as Supreme Court chief justice". 12 September 2016.
^ TSE Website Archived 2024-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
^ "Ministra Carmen Lúcia asume la Presidencia de Brasil hasta este sábado". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
^ Cármen Lúcia becomes the second woman ahead of the Supreme Court and says that the Brazilian people is not satisfied with the Justice System Archived 2016-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, 13 September 2016, Plus 55, Retrieved 18 September 2016
^ "Toffoli toma posse hoje na presidência do STF". 13 September 2018.

Legal offices
Preceded by Nelson Jobim	Justice of the Supreme Federal Court 2006–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Ricardo Lewandowski	President of the Supreme Federal Court 2016–2018	Succeeded by Dias Toffoli
Preceded by Ricardo Lewandowski	President of the Superior Electoral Court 2012–2013	Succeeded by Marco Aurélio Mello
Preceded by Alexandre de Moraes	President of the Superior Electoral Court 2024–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Foreign ambassadors	Brazilian order of precedence 15th in line as President of the Superior Electoral Court	Followed by Justices of the Supreme Federal Court