Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (Portuguese pronunciation: [ẽˈʁiki ʁiˈkaʁdu lɛvɐ̃ ˈdɔvski]; born 11 May 1948) is a Brazilian judge and former justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.^[1] He's the son of a Polish father and Swiss mother, who immigrated to Brazil after the Second World War.^[2]

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Ricardo Lewandowski
Lewandowski in 2022
Minister of Justice and Public Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2024
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Flávio Dino
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office 16 March 2006 – 11 April 2023
Appointed by	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Carlos Velloso
Succeeded by	Cristiano Zanin
President of the Supreme Federal Court
In office 10 September 2014 – 12 September 2016
Vice President	Cármen Lúcia
Preceded by	Joaquim Barbosa
Succeeded by	Cármen Lúcia
Personal details
Born	Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (1948-05-11) 11 May 1948 (age 75) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse	Yara de Abreu
Alma mater	Faculty of Law of São Bernardo do Campo University of São Paulo Tufts University
Other judicial positions 2014–2016: President, National Justice Council 2012–2014: Vice President, Supreme Federal Court 2012–2014: Vice President, National Justice Council 2010–2012: President, Superior Electoral Court 2009–2010: Vice President, Superior Electoral Court 2008–2012: Effective Justice, Superior Electoral Court 2006–2008: Substitute Justice, Superior Electoral Court

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Lewandowski presided over the impeachment trial of president Dilma Rousseff, and controversially separated the cassation of her term from the cassation of her political rights. Two votes, then, occurred, and, upon losing her mandate, she maintained her political rights. Vice President Michel Temer succeeded her.

Lewandowski was replaced by Cármen Lúcia who was championed by Celso de Mello, Brazil's most senior jurist. Lewandowski had been known for championing a reduction in oversight of judges and an increase in their remuneration. Lucia's champion gave a speech talking about the need to remove corruption despite the presence of a number of alleged suspects.^[3]

On 10 January 2024, Lewandowski accepted president Lula da Silva's invitation to replace outgoing minister Flávio Dino in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.^[4]

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• Pressupostos Materiais e Formais da Intervenção Federal no Brasil. São Paulo: Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, 1994.
• Direito Comunitário e Jurisdição Supranacional: o papel do juiz no processo de integração regional (ed.). São Paulo: Ed. Juarez de Oliveira, 2000.
• Globalização, Regionalização e Soberania. São Paulo: Juarez de Oliveira, 2004.
• A influência de Dalmo Dallari nas decisões dos tribunais (ed.). São Paulo: Saraiva, 2011.