Ricardo Lewandowski

Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (Portuguese pronunciation: [ẽˈʁiki ʁiˈkaʁdu lɛvɐ̃ ˈdɔvski]; born 11 May 1948) is a Brazilian judge and retired justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.

[1] He is the son of a Polish father and Swiss mother, who immigrated to Brazil after the Second World War.

[2] Lewandowski was replaced by Cármen Lúcia who was championed by Celso de Mello, Brazil's most senior jurist.

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.