His Excellency
Marco Aurélio Mello
Mello in 2017
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
13 June 1990[1] – 9 July 2021[2]
Nominated byFernando Collor de Mello
Preceded byCarlos Madeira[3]
Succeeded byAndré Mendonça
49th President of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
27 May 2001 – 5 June 2003
Vice PresidentMaurício Corrêa
Preceded byCarlos Velloso
Succeeded byMaurício Corrêa
Personal details
Born (1946-07-12) 12 July 1946
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SpouseSandra De Santis Mendes[3]
Alma materFederal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Marco Aurélio Mendes de Farias Mello (born 12 July 1946, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian former justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, appointed to the position by his cousin, former President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello.

In a controversial decision in October 2012, Marco Aurélio Mello released from jail Luiz André Ferreira da Silva, a politician of the city of Rio de Janeiro who had been arrested for involvement with the Milícia Mafia in Rio de Janeiro. [4]

In 2020, Marco Aurélio Mello released Brazilian drug warlord André do Rap. The decision was reversed just a few hours later by the President of the Brazilian Supreme Court who ordered that the drug warlord be put back in jail, but by then he had become a fugitive.[5]

Marco Aurélio retired from the STF on 9 July 2021.[2]

References

  1. ↑ STF website
  2. 1 2 "Aposentadoria de Marco Aurélio Mello no STF é publicada no Diário Oficial" (in Portuguese). G1. 9 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 STF Website. (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Solto pelo STF, acusado de chefiar milícia volta à Câmara do Rio". Jornal do Brasil. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/fux-nao-superior-aos-demais-quis-jogar-para-turba-diz-marco-aurelio-sobre-prisao-de-traficante-1-24687876 O Globo


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