Maria de Fátima Coronel explained

Maria de Fátima Coronel
Office1:President of the Supreme Court of Justice
Term Start1:November 2015
Term End1:December 2020
Status1:Retired
Successor1:Benfeito Mosso Ramos
President1:Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Birth Place:Cape Verde

Maria de Fátima Coronel is a Cape Verdean lawyer and jurist who was President of the Supreme Court of Justice from November 2015 until her retirement in December 2020.[1]

Career

Coronel served as a Magistrate before becoming Attorney General and a Judge in criminal courts in Santa Catarina and Praia.[2] She is not aligned with any political party and has been seen as an "exemplary" judge.[3] She was a Supreme Court judge since at least 2007.[4]

Coronel was nominated President of the Supreme Court of Justice by President Jorge Carlos Fonseca in November 2015, and affirmed by her judicial colleagues, the first woman to take on the position.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Benfeito Mosso Ramos nomeado Presidente do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça. Benfeito Mosso Ramos appointed President of the Supreme Court of Justice. 2022-11-09. A Nação. 2023-11-26. pt.
  2. Web site: Fátima Coronel pode ser primeira mulher Presidente do STJ. Portuguese. 28 October 2015. 31 December 2017. ASemana. https://web.archive.org/web/20171229231835/http://www.asemana.publ.cv/?Fatima-Coronel-pode-ser-primeira-mulher-Presidente-do-STJ. 29 December 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: Fátima Coronel será primeira mulher a liderar Supremo em Cabo Verde. Portuguese. 4 November 2015. 31 December 2017. Sapo 24.
  4. Web site: Supreme Court judge robbed at gunpoint in front of her own home. 30 October 2007. 31 December 2017. ASemana. https://web.archive.org/web/20171231155509/http://www.asemana.publ.cv/?Supreme-Court-judge-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-front-of-her-own-home. 31 December 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: Maria de Fátima Coronel tomou posse como presidente do Supremo. Portuguese. 6 November 2015. 31 December 2017. Expresso Das Ilhas.

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