Brazil's Lula appoints his justice minister to Supreme Court


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Nov 2023

Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Brazil's Minister of Justice Flavio Dino look at each other during a press conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he will appoint his Justice Minister, Flavio Dino, to a Supreme Court seat that has been vacant since the retirement of Justice Rosa Weber in late September.

Lula also said he would nominate Paulo Gonet as the country's new prosecutor general.

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