Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, born December 30, 1955, is a Brazilian jurist who has served as a justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, since June 20, 2002, and previously served as its president from 2008 to 2010. He was Attorney General of the Union from 2000 to 2002 and earlier held positions with the Superior Electoral Court and National Justice Council, holding law degrees from the University of Brasilia and a doctorate from the University of Munster in Germany.
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RoleJustice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal, appointed by then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2002 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Role
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Earlier, he had been the Attorney General from 2000 to 2002.
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Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, born December 30, 1955, is a Brazilian jurist who has served as a justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, since June 20, 2002, and previously served as its president from 2008 to 2010.
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Gilmar Ferreira Mendes is a Brazilian Justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal, appointed by then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2002.
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He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Law from University of Brasília, received his master's degree in Law from the same university, another master's degree in Law from University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) with the dissertation "Presupposed Admissibility of the Abstract Norm Control in the Federal Constitutional Court" (Die Zulassigkeitsvoraussetzungen der abstrakten Normenkontrolle vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht) and a PhD in Law from the same university with the thesis "Abstract Norm Control in the Federal Constitutional Court and the Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal (Die abstrakte Normenkontrolle vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht und vor dem brasilianischen Supremo Tribunal Federal).
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is a Brazilian Justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal
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Gilmar Ferreira Mendes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒiwˈma(ʁ) feˈʁe(j).ɾɐ ˈmẽ.d͡ʒis]; born December 30, 1955) is a Brazilian Justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (Brazilian Supreme Federal Court), appointed by then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2002.
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P569 (date of birth): 1955
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P569 (date of birth): 1955-12-30
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P19 (place of birth): Diamantino
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