16 Facts About Luiz Fux

Luiz Fux is of Romanian Jewish descent, and the first Jewish Brazilian member of the Court.

Luiz Fux was previously a minister of the Superior Court of Justice before assuming his position at the Supreme Court.

In 1983, Luiz Fux shifted his career to the Judiciary of the State of Rio de Janeiro as a judge of law, having achieved first position overall in the competitive bar examination.

Luiz Fux was promoted by merit to the position of judge of law of the Entrancia Especial, having been holder of the 9th Civil Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Luiz Fux served as electoral judge in the 13th Electoral Zone and 25th Electoral Zone in Rio de Janeiro.

Luiz Fux was later promoted by merit to the position of judge of the Court of Jurisdiction of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

In 1997, Luiz Fux was promoted to Magistrate of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro, where he remained until 2001.

In 2001, Luiz Fux was chosen by then-President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to occupy the position of Justice of the Superior Court of Justice as the third judge of the Courts of Justice, in a vacancy left by Justice Helio Mosimann, who had retired.

In 2003, Luiz Fux was the rapporteur of the trial in the Superior Court of Justice that legalised Tele Sena, reversing the decision of the Federal Court of the 3rd Region.

Luiz Fux was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Federal Court by President Dilma Rousseff on 1 February 2011 to fill a vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Eros Grau in August 2010, and had his nomination approved by the Senate nine days later.

Luiz Fux took up his position in the STF on 3 March 2011.

On 23 March 2011, Luiz Fux gave the decisive vote rendering the Lei da Ficha Limpa unconstitutional in its applicability to the 2010 Brazilian general election.

Paulo on 2 December 2012, Luiz Fux revealed details of the lobbying effort that preceded his nomination to the Supreme Court by President Dilma Rousseff.

Once a member of the court, Justice Luiz Fux sided with the majority, voting to condemn most defendants, including Jose Dirceu himself.

Luiz Fux has served as a member of the Superior Electoral Court since 2014, and has served as the TSE's vice-president from 2016 to 2017 and president in 2018.

Luiz Fux has practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since the age of 26 and is currently an 8th degree white and red belt.