1. Joaquim Barbosa served as the president of the court between 2012 and 2014.
17 Facts About Joaquim Barbosa
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Joaquim Barbosa is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Hebrew University.
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Joaquim Barbosa is the oldest son of a bricklayer father and a housewife mother.
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Joaquim Barbosa started his education in the Brazilian public school system in his hometown, later completed in Brasilia.
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Joaquim Barbosa worked as a cleaner and typesetter before attending law school at the University of Brasilia.
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Joaquim Barbosa holds a Master and a Doctor of Laws from DEA - Droit Public Interne - Pantheon-Assas University.
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Joaquim Barbosa was a member of the Federal Public Ministry and adjunct professor at Rio de Janeiro State University.
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Joaquim Barbosa was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School, in New York City, and at UCLA School of Law.
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Joaquim Barbosa was appointed to the office by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on June 25,2003, along with Ayres Britto and Cezar Peluso.
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Joaquim Barbosa suffers from sacroiliitis, an inflammatory disease, which notably makes it uncomfortable for him to remain seated.
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Joaquim Barbosa has often been noted for his practice of attending session while standing up.
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Joaquim Barbosa took the office as the acting president of the court on November 17,2012, because of the mandatory retirement of his colleague Ayres Britto, as he was the current vice-president of the Court.
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Joaquim Barbosa is against the power of prosecutors to file administrative investigations.
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Joaquim Barbosa argues about transfer the competency to hear cases on slave labor to federal court.
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Joaquim Barbosa's tenure start on November 22,2012 was attended by President Dilma Rousseff, Senate President Jose Sarney, among many other celebrities.
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The Minister Joaquim Barbosa says is against the alleged preferential jurisdiction providing the parties with greater purchasing power.
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Joaquim Barbosa, acclaimed by a Brazilian newsweekly as "the poor boy who transformed Brazil," remains a steadfast advocate for knowledge dissemination and education.