Victor Nunes Leal
Victor Nunes Leal | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Federal Court | |
| In office 7 December 1960 – 16 January 1969 | |
| President | Juscelino Kubitschek |
| Preceded by | Francisco de Paula Rocha Lagoa |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Chief of Staff to the Presidency | |
| In office 5 November 1956 – 10 August 1959 | |
| President | Juscelino Kubitschek |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Lins |
| Succeeded by | [José Sette Câmara Filho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1914 Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | 17 May 1985 (aged 70) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater | National Faculty of Law |
Victor Nunes Leal (11 November 1914 – 17 May 1985) was a Brazilian jurist, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).[1][2][3]
He graduated from the National Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, then known as the University of Brazil, in 1936.[1]
He helped draft the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure (Portuguese:Código de Processo Civil) of 1939.[1][4]
Early life
[edit]Leal was born on 11 November 1914 in the Brazilian municipality of Carangola, Minas Gerais, to Nascimento Nunes Leal and Angelina de Oliveira Leal.[5]
He completed his secondary education in Carangola and Juiz de Fora, after which he moved to Rio de Janeiro to attend the National Faculty of Law.[5] While still a university student, he worked on the team which helped draft the 1939 Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure,[4][5] was chief editor of Rádio Tupi and edited the newspapers Diário da Noite, Diário de Notícias and O Jornal.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ministros :: STF - Supremo Tribunal Federal". www.stf.jus.br. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Hermes Lima: pragmatismo e inspiração democrática no Supremo Tribunal Federal". Estado da Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "O STF entre tanques e togas". Estado da Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ a b "Victor Nunes Leal (1914-1985)". Thomas E. Skidmore Collection. Brown University. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Abreu, Alzira Alves de. "Leal, Vitor Nunes". Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico Brasileiro. Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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