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Paulo Brossard

Paulo Brossard

Brazilian politician

Paulo Brossard de Souza Pinto (23 October 1924 – 12 April 2015) was a Brazilian jurist and politician. Born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, he graduated in Law and served several terms as a parliamentarian in his state and in the National Congress as well. He also was a member of the Supreme Federal Court and the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Brossard and the second or paternal family name is de Souza Pinto.
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Brossard was born in 1924 at Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul. He studied law at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and specialized itself on constitutional and civil law areas, starting his career as a teacher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, before his début as a politician.[1][11] Later than, he was elected as a lawmaker for the State Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul, from there to the National Congress of Brazil, first as a representative and as a senator at last.[5][11]

He ran for the Vice Presidency of Brazil in the 1978 indirect elections for the MDB ticket (General Euler Bentes as President), during the Brazilian military government. He was defeated by Aureliano Chaves, while João Figueiredo was elected as President of Brazil.

He played an important role on the crisis that arose when President elect Tancredo Neves could not be able to take office in 1985, as the first civilian citizen to bear such position after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. Confusion and discrepancies were spreading many different understandings on the Brazilian laws as Neves was unable to take office, at the same time his running mate for vice presidency, José Sarney, was empowered as acting president. He strongly supported Sarney's ability and rightness to exercise the presidential powers, stating "this is the reason why vice presidents exist".[12] (In the aftermath, Tancredo Neves has died,[13] never taking the oath, and Sarney completed his tenure).

He died on 12 April 2015 at his home in Porto Alegre, at the age of 90.[1][6]

References

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    "Nota de pesar pelo falecimento do ministro aposentado Paulo Brossard" [Note of regret on the death of retired justice Paulo Brossard]. Supreme Federal Court website (in Portuguese). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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    "Presidente do TSE lamenta falecimento do jurista Paulo Brossard" [Superior Electoral Court president regrets the death of jurist Paulo Brossard]. Superior Electoral Court website (in Portuguese). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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    "Presidências e todos os ministros por período" [Presidencies and all ministers by terms]. Superior Electoral Court website (in Portuguese). 6 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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    "Biografia de Paulo Brossard" [Paulo Brossard's Biography] (PDF). Ministry of Justice of Brazil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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    "Biografia de Paulo Brossard" [Paulo Brossard's Biography]. Brazilian Senate website (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. [6]
    Azevedo, Lucas (12 April 2015). "Morre o ex-ministro da Justiça e ex-presidente do STF Paulo Brossard (sic)" [Former ministry of Justice and Chief Justice Paulo Brossard dies (sic)]. O Estado de S. Paulo website (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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    "Supremo elege Sanches Presidente" [Supreme Court elects Sanches as Chief Justice]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 3 May 1991. p. A4. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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    "Relação de Ministros" [List of Ministers]. Ministry of Justice of Brazil (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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    Mendes, Vannildo (26 October 1994). "Itamar indica Corrêa para vaga no STF" [Itamar appoints Corrêa for the vacant seat at STF]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). p. A4. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Corrêa promete caçar corruptos" [Corrêa vows to hunt corrupts]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 20 January 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  11. [11]
    Lara, Gabriela; Azevedo, Lucas (13 April 2015). "Jurista e ex-ministro morre aos 90 anos" [Jurist and former minister dies at 90]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). p. A12.
  12. [12]
    "Brossard quer máquina funcionando plenamente" [Brossard wants the government gears full work]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 22 March 1985. p. 7. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  13. [13]
    "A morte do homem do Brasil" [The death of the man of Brazil]. O Estado de S. Paulo. 22 April 1985. p. 1. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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