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José Celso de Mello Filho

José Celso de Mello Filho

Brazilian judge

In this Portuguese name, "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

José Celso de Mello Filho (Tatuí, November 1, 1945), is a Brazilian jurist, former member of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. He was nominated by President José Sarney in 1989.[2]

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He became the youngest President of the Court in 1997.[2]

On September 25, 2020, Celso de Mello announced his early retirement to October 13, before the limit date of November 1, when the dean of the Supreme Court will turn 75.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    STF website Archived 2009-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  2. [2]
    Supreme Federal Court website. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Falcão, Márcio; Vivas, Fernanda (25 September 2020). "Ministro Celso de Mello antecipa aposentadoria e deixará STF em 13 de outubro". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2020.


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