Ricardo Lewandowski


Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski is a Brazilian politician who has been serving as the Minister of Justice under the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He is a former judge and retired justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.

Career

He is the son of a Polish father and Swiss mother, who immigrated to Brazil after the Second World War.
Lewandowski was replaced by Cármen Lúcia who was championed by Celso de Mello, Brazil's most senior jurist. Lewandowski was 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.
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.

Publications

  • Proteção dos Direitos Humanos na Ordem Interna e Internacional. Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 1984.
  • 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. 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. São Paulo: Saraiva, 2011.