Nunes Marques, Bolsonaro’s first nominee, assumes the position of new STF minister | Politics

Nunes Marques, as he will be called in the STF, replaces Minister Celso de Mello, who retired after 31 years in the STF. The court consists of 11 ministers.

The ceremony was quick – it lasted 15 minutes – and restricted due to the new coronavirus pandemic. The President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, the mayor, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), and the Senate, David Alcolumbre (DEM-AP) attended.

Among the ministers of the Supreme Court were present Luiz Fux, president of the court, Gilmar Mendes, Luís Roberto Barroso, Edson Fachin, Alexandre de Moraes, Dias Toffoli, in addition to the attorney general of the Republic, Augusto Aras, and the president of the College of Lawyers. from Brazil (OAB), Felipe Santa Cruz.

Nunes Marques was brought to the plenary session by the oldest minister present at the session, Gilmar Mendes, and the most recent, Alexandre de Moraes. Later, he assumed the commitment of investiture as minister of the STF.

Dean Marco Aurélio Mello, a former court minister, warned that he would monitor possession remotely, since he belonged to the Covid-19 risk group.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the president of the STF, Minister Luiz Fux, stated that the opening ceremony “does not include speeches.”

Fux only wished that Nunes Marques was “very protected in this new mission” and affirmed that the new minister meets all the requirements to assume the chair: “impeccable reputation, legal knowledge notorious by the curriculum, encyclopedic knowledge and, above all, independence ”.

The nomination of Kassio Nunes Marques was approved on October 21 by the full Senate, by 57 votes to 10. Before, it was heard by the House Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ).

Nunes Marques, as he will be called in court, is 48 years old and can remain on the Supreme Court until 2047, when he will turn 75, the age at which ministers must retire under current rule.

Born in Teresina (PI), he was a lawyer for 15 years, was part of the National Commission of Electoral Law and Political Reform of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) in Piauí and was also a judge of the Regional Electoral Court of the state.

Since 2011, he was one of the judges of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF-1), whose headquarters are in Brasilia. He was elected to the court by then-President Dilma Rousseff and joined the Court in the quota of vacancies for legal professionals.

• Find out how politicians and the legal environment reacted to the nomination of Nunes Marques

After being nominated by Bolsonaro, Marques was praised by magistrates and the OAB. However, he received criticism on social networks from supporters of the president, annoyed by the support given to those then appointed by STF ministers Dias Toffoli and Gilmar Mendes, as well as politicians from the parties called Centrão, a block of deputies that began to support the government.