Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (; born May 11, 1948) is a Brazilian
judge and a justice of the
Supreme Federal Court of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
Lewandowski presided over
the impeachment trial of president
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...
, and controversially separated the cassation of her term from the cassation of her political rights. Two votes, then, occurred, and, upon losing her mandate, she maintained her political rights. Vice President
Michel Temer
Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...
succeeded her.
Lewandowski was replaced by
Carmen Lúcia
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Op ...
who was championed by
José Celso de Mello Filho, Brazil's most senior jurist. Lewandowski had been known for championing a reduction in oversight of judges and an increase in their remuneration. Lucia's champion gave a speech talking about the need to remove corruption despite the presence of a number of alleged suspects.
Cármen Lúcia becomes the second woman ahead of the Supreme Court and says that the Brazilian people is not satisfied with the Justice System
13 September 2016, Plus 55, Retrieved 18 September 2016
Publications
*''Proteção dos Direitos Humanos na Ordem Interna e Internacional.'' Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 1984.
*''Pressupostos Materiais e Formais da Intervenção Federal no Brasil''. São Paulo: Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, 1994.
*''Direito Comunitário e Jurisdição Supranacional: o papel do juiz no processo de integração regional'' (ed.). São Paulo: Ed. Juarez de Oliveira, 2000.
*''Globalização, Regionalização e Soberania''. São Paulo: Juarez de Oliveira, 2004.
*''A influência de Dalmo Dallari nas decisões dos tribunais'' (ed.). São Paulo: Saraiva, 2011.
References
External links
Biography
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1948 births
21st-century Brazilian judges
Brazilian people of Polish descent
Living people
Supreme Federal Court of Brazil justices
The Fletcher School at Tufts University alumni
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