Teori Zavascki

Teori Zavascki
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
29 November 2012 – 19 January 2017
Appointed byDilma Rousseff
Preceded byCezar Peluso
Succeeded byAlexandre de Moraes
Justice of the Superior Court of Justice
In office
8 May 2003 – 29 November 2012
Appointed byLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byJacy Garcia Vieira
Succeeded byRegina Helena Costa
Personal details
Born
Teori Albino Zavascki

(1948-08-15)15 August 1948
Faxinal dos Guedes, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Died19 January 2017(2017-01-19) (aged 68)
Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cause of deathPlane crash
Resting placeJardim da Paz Cemitery
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Spouse(s)
Liana Maria Prehn
(m. 1972; div. 2004)

Maria Helena Marques de Castro
(m. 2004; died 2013)
ChildrenAlexandre Prehn Zavascki
Liliana Maria Prehn Zavascki
Francisco Prehn Zavascki
Parents
  • Severino Zavascki (father)
  • Pia Maria Fontana (mother)
Alma materLaw School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
OccupationJudge

Teori Albino Zavascki (15 August 1948 – 19 January 2017) was a Brazilian judge who served as a Minister of the Superior Court of Justice from 8 May 2003 until 29 November 2012,[1] appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and as a Minister of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil from 29 November 2012[2] until his death on 19 January 2017, having been appointed to the position by President Dilma Rousseff. At the time of his death he was the justice in charge of the trials resulting from Operation Car Wash.[3][4]

  1. ^ "STJ - Ministros Aposentados e Ex-Ministros" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Superior Tribunal de Justiça. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Teori Zavascki toma posse como ministro do STF (Portuguese)". STF. 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Plane carrying Brazil Supreme Court judge crashes into sea". Reuters. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ Langlois, Jill. "Brazilian Supreme Court justice, who oversaw corruption case, is killed in plane crash". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 January 2017.