André Mendonça
Brazilian lawyer and supreme court judge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Mendonça.
André Luiz de Almeida Mendonça (born 27 December 1972) is a Brazilian attorney, Presbyterian pastor, and politician currently serving as Justice of the Supreme Federal Court. He is the third evangelical Christian positioned to join the top court, and former Minister of Justice and Public Security and Attorney General of the Union in the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro. Prior to assuming this role, he served as Attorney General of Brazil in the same administration.
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André Mendonça | |
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Justice of the Supreme Federal Court | |
Assumed office 16 December 2021 | |
Nominated by | Jair Bolsonaro |
Preceded by | Marco Aurélio Mello |
Attorney General of the Union | |
In office 29 March 2021 – 6 August 2021 | |
President | Jair Bolsonaro |
Preceded by | José Levi do Amaral |
Succeeded by | Bruno Bianco |
In office 1 January 2019 – 28 April 2020 | |
President | Jair Bolsonaro |
Preceded by | Grace Mendonça |
Succeeded by | José Levi do Amaral |
Minister of Justice and Public Security | |
In office 29 April 2020 – 29 March 2021 | |
President | Jair Bolsonaro |
Preceded by | Sérgio Moro |
Succeeded by | Anderson Torres |
Personal details | |
Born | André Luiz de Almeida Mendonça (1972-12-27) 27 December 1972 (age 51) Santos, São Paulo, Brazil |
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Religion | Christian |
Denomination | Presbyterian |
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Church | Presbyterian Church of Brazil |
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Mendonça was an attorney for Brazil since 2000 and was special assistant of the Comptroller General of the Union Wagner Rosário between 2016 and 2018.[1]