Márcio Schiefler Fontes is a Brazilian judge and jurist. From a judicial career in Santa Catarina, he became auxiliary judge and the main assistant to Justice Teori Zavascki,[1] who oversaw at the Supreme Federal Court the massive investigation known as Operation Car Wash, a landmark anti-corruption probe in Brazil and other Latin American countries,[2] until the latter's death in a plane crash in 2017.[3]
Márcio Schiefler Fontes | |
|---|---|
| Councillor of the National Council of Justice | |
| In office 10 October 2017 – 10 October 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Michel Temer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Márcio Schiefler Fontes 29 September 1980 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Law School, Federal University of Santa Catarina |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Awards | "Order of Judicial Military Merit". |
After that, the Supreme Federal Court decided to nominate him Councillor of the National Council of Justice, in which he served as supervisor to the national prison system.[4]
In 2022, he was summoned to act as auxiliary judge to the then new Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court, Justice Rosa Weber,[5] in whose tenure a mob stormed the Presidential offices, the Supreme Court building, and the National Congress in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Juiz auxiliar de Teori é 'arquivo' da Lava Jato no STF". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ Ribeiro, Gustavo (2018-04-13). "How Operation Car Wash changed Latin American politics". The Brazilian Report. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (2017-01-19). "Brazil supreme court justice overseeing vast corruption case dies in plane crash". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ sarah.barros (2018-09-11). "Conselheiro Schiefler: Antes do BNMP 2.0 tudo sobre crise carcerária era precário". Portal CNJ (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ "Rosa Weber now chief justice of Brazil's Supreme Court". Agência Brasil. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ "Riots at the Brazil capital". Reuters. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
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