| Ricardo Lewandowski | |
| Office: | Minister of Justice and Public Security |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2024 |
| President: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Predecessor: | Flávio Dino |
| Office1: | Justice of the Supreme Federal Court |
| Appointer1: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Term Start1: | 16 March 2006 |
| Term End1: | 11 April 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Carlos Velloso |
| Successor1: | Cristiano Zanin |
| Office2: | President of the Supreme Federal Court |
| Term Start2: | 10 September 2014 |
| Term End2: | 12 September 2016 |
| Vicepresident2: | Cármen Lúcia |
| Predecessor2: | Joaquim Barbosa |
| Successor2: | Cármen Lúcia |
| Birth Name: | Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski |
| Birth Date: | 11 May 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Spouse: | Yara de Abreu |
| Alma Mater: | Faculty of Law of São Bernardo do Campo University of São Paulo Tufts University |
Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (pronounced as /pt/; 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]
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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