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Supreme Federal Court
Supreme Federal Court
Supremo Tribunal Federal
	The Supreme Federal Court building at the Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Plaza)
Established	1808
Country	Brazil
Location	Brasília
Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized by	Constitution of Brazil
Judge term length	Until aged 75
Number of positions	11
Website	Official website
President
Currently	Luiz Fux
Since	September 10, 2020

The Supreme Federal Court (Portuguese: Supremo Tribunal Federal, [suˈpɾẽmu tɾibuˈnaw fedeˈɾaw], abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country.

It is the highest court of law in Brazil.

On 8 January 2023, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed and invaded the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília, taking over the offices of the Supreme Federal Court, National Congress of Brazil and the Palácio do Planalto.^[1] The event was seen as an attempted coup d'état to overturn the election results of the 2022 general election.^[2]

Current Justices

Former president of the Court. President of the Court. Vice President of the Court.
Order of antiquity	Minister^[M]	Born (date and state)	Appointed by	Age in inauguration	Initial date (inauguration)	Limit date (retirement)	Main previous functions
1	Gilmar Ferreira Mendes	30 December 1955 in Mato Grosso	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	46	20 June 2002	2030	Prosecutor of the Republic (1985–1988), deputy chief for Legal Issues of the Chief of Staff (1996–2000), Attorney General of the Union (2000–2002)
2	Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski	11 May 1948 in Rio de Janeiro	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	57	16 May 2006	2023	Lawyer (1974–1990), judge from Criminal Arres Court of São Paulo (1990–1997), desembargador of Justice Court of the State of São Paulo (1997–2006), professor of State law in Law School, University of São Paulo (USP) (2003–2006)
3	Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha	19 April 1954 in Minas Gerais	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	52	21 June 2006	2029	Attorney of the State of Minas Gerais (1983–2006)
4	José Antonio Dias Toffoli	15 November 1967 in São Paulo	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	41	23 October 2009	2042	Lawyer (1991–2009), deputy chief for Legal Issues of the Chief of Staff (2003–2005), Attorney General of the Union (2007–2009)
5	Luiz Fux	26 April 1953 in Rio de Janeiro	Dilma Rousseff	57	3 March 2011	2028	Prosecutor of Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio de Janeiro (1979–1982), judge of the state of Rio de Janeiro (1983–1997), desembargador of the Justice Court of the state of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001), minister of STJ (2001–2011)
6	Rosa Maria Weber Candiota da Rosa	2 October 1948 in Rio Grande do Sul	Dilma Rousseff	63	19 December 2011	2023	Labor judge (1976–1991), judge of Regional Labor Court (TRT) - 4th Region (1991–2006), minister of TST (2006–2011)
7	Luís Roberto Barroso	11 March 1958 in Rio de Janeiro	Dilma Rousseff	55	26 June 2013	2033	Lawyer (1981–2013), Attorney of the State of Rio de Janeiro (1985–2013)
8	Luiz Edson Fachin	8 February 1958 in Rio Grande do Sul	Dilma Rousseff	57	16 June 2015	2033	Lawyer (1980–2015), Attorney of the State of Paraná (1990–2006)
9	Alexandre de Moraes	13 December 1968 in São Paulo	Michel Temer	48	22 March 2017	2043	Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the state of São Paulo (1991–2002), lawyer of public law (2010–2014), Minister of Justice and Public Security (2016–2017)
10	Kassio Nunes Marques	16 May 1972 in Piauí	Jair Bolsonaro	48	5 November 2020	2047	Lawyer (1996-2011), judge of Regional Electoral Court of Piauí (TRE-PI) (2008-2011), judge of Regional Federal Court (TRF) - 1st Region (2011-2020)
11	André Luiz de Almeida Mendonça	27 December 1972 in São Paulo	Jair Bolsonaro	48	16 November 2021	2047	Lawyer (1997-2000), Union Attorney (2000-2019), Attorney General of the Union (2019-2020), Minister of Justice and Public Security (2020-2021), Attorney General of the Union (2021)

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Notes

M. ^{^} Names in bold are the names used in social denomination.^[4]

References

↑ Nicas, Jack; Spigariol, André (8 January 2023). "Bolsonaro Supporters Lay Siege to Brazil's Capital". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
↑ Bowman, Emma (8 January 2023). "Security forces regain control after Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's Congress". NPR. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
↑ "Composição Atual" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Supremo Tribunal Federal. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
↑ "Pastas dos ministros" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). Retrieved 21 March 2017.