Alexandre de Moraes | |
|---|---|
 Moraes in 2022 | |
| Justice of the Supreme Federal Court | |
| Assumed office 22 March 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Michel Temer |
| Preceded by | Teori Zavascki |
| President of the Superior Electoral Court | |
| In office 16 August 2022 – 3 June 2024 | |
| Vice President | Ricardo Lewandowski |
| Preceded by | Edson Fachin |
| Succeeded by | Cármen Lúcia |
| Minister of Justice and Citizenship | |
| In office 12 May 2016 – 22 February 2017[a] | |
| President | Michel Temer |
| Preceded by | Eugênio Aragão |
| Succeeded by | José Levi do Amaral (acting) |
| Other judicial positions | |
| 2022 | Vice President of the Superior Electoral Court |
| 2020–2024 | Effective Justice of the Superior Electoral Court |
| 2017–2020 | Substitute Justice of the Superior Electoral Court |
| 2005–2007 | Counselor of the National Justice Council |
| Other political positions | |
| 2015–2016 | Secretary of Public Security of the State of São Paulo |
| 2007–2010 | Secretary of Transports of the Municipality of São Paulo |
| 2002–2005 | Secretary of Justice of the State of São Paulo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1968 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party | Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) (2015–2017)[2] |
| Spouse | Viviane Barci de Moraes |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo (LLB, PhD) |
Alexandre de Moraes (Brazilian Portuguese: [aleˈʃɐ̃dɾi dʒi moˈɾajs]; born 13 December 1968) is a Brazilian jurist, ex-politician, former president of the Superior Electoral Court and currently justice of the Supreme Federal Court. Moraes was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Michel Temer in 2017 when serving as Minister of Justice and Public Security.[3] Previously, Moraes had acted as Secretary for Public Security in the State of São Paulo and had been a member of the Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office.[4]
Since around 2020, Moraes has generated wide public attention in Brazil and abroad for ordering several arrests, search warrants, and terminations of social media accounts of individuals and groups involved or suspected to be involved in planning coups and propagating fake news, in addition to nationwide blocks of widely used platforms that have failed to comply to his judicial demands, such as Telegram and Twitter. He has been a widely controversial figure since, gathering a great number of both supporters and opponents. While critics say his measures are authoritarian, abusive, anti-constitutional, and partisan, to supporters they are legal, albeit stern, and have been necessary to maintain the country's democratic rule, preventing coups and the rise of extremism. Among Moraes' supporters is the current left-wing president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and among his critics is the former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro.
Moraes' presidency of Brazil's Superior Electoral Court and certain actions he took during the 2022 Brazilian general election has made him the target of criticism, including some false conspiracy theories, by Bolsonaro and his supporters.[5] After the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack, Moraes ordered several controversial judicial actions.[6][7] Moraes ordered the arrest of the invaders, which provoked protests from parliamentarians and groups linked to the political right (according to research, 24%), while the majority (63%) of people supported Moraes' decision.[8] Another controversy is defining whether the invaders of the Three Powers Square were patriots or terrorists, with Moraes classifying them as terrorists.[9]
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- ^ "Indicado ao STF, ministro da Justiça pede desfiliação do PSDB".
- ^ "Brazil Senate committee approves Temer pick for Supreme Court". Reuters. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "Conheça o currículo do ministro Alexandre de Moraes". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "On Eve of Election, Bolsonaro's Party Attacks Brazil's Voting Systems". The New York Times. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Maioria dos brasileiros concorda com prisão dos participantes do 8 de Janeiro, revela pesquisa". 3 October 2023.
- ^ ""Patriotas" ou terroristas?". 25 December 2022.
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