His Excellency
Ayres Britto
JD-PhD
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
June 25, 2003 – November 16, 2012
Appointed byLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byIlmar Galvão
Succeeded byLuís Roberto Barroso
55th President of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
April 19, 2012 – November 16, 2012
Vice PresidentJoaquim Barbosa
Preceded byCezar Peluso
Succeeded byJoaquim Barbosa
Personal details
Born (1942-11-18) November 18, 1942
Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
SpouseRita de Cássia Pinheiro Reis de Britto[1]
Alma materFederal University of Sergipe
Other judicial positions

Carlos Augusto Ayres de Freitas Britto (born November 18, 1942, in Propriá, Sergipe) is a Brazilian jurist and was a Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. He was appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and served from June 25, 2003, to November 16, 2012, when he faced mandatory retirement upon reaching the age of 70.[2]

He was the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil from April 19, 2012,[1] until his retirement.[2]

Bachelor in Law (1966)by the Federal University of Sergipe, institution of which he would become professor, is master (1982) and doctor (1998) by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, being guided in the doctorate by Celso Ribeiro Bastos.

Despite his quite short term as Chief Justice of Brazil, he succeeded to conduct many major cases, as well start the trial of the Criminal Action 470 (popularly nicknamed Mensalão), one of the most complex cases in history to be examined by that Court.[2]

He is currently an occasional contributor to O Estado de S. Paulo, a Brazilian newspaper.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Biography of Carlos Ayres Britto - Supremo Tribunal Federal website Archived 2016-06-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  2. 1 2 3 STF News Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese) Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ Britto, Carlos A. (July 24, 2016). "Culture? Which?" [Cultura? Qual?]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). p. A2. Retrieved July 24, 2016.


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