Victor Nunes Leal
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
7 December 1960 – 16 January 1969
PresidentJuscelino Kubitschek
Preceded byFrancisco de Paula Rocha Lagoa
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Chief of Staff to the Presidency
In office
5 November 1956 – 10 August 1959
PresidentJuscelino Kubitschek
Preceded byÁlvaro Lins
Succeeded by[José Sette Câmara Filho
Personal details
Born(1914-11-11)11 November 1914
Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died17 May 1985(1985-05-17) (aged 70)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma materNational 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

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 [pt] and edited the newspapers Diário da Noite, Diário de Notícias and O Jornal.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ministros :: STF - Supremo Tribunal Federal". www.stf.jus.br. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Hermes Lima: pragmatismo e inspiração democrática no Supremo Tribunal Federal". Estado da Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  3. ^ "O STF entre tanques e togas". Estado da Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  4. ^ a b "Victor Nunes Leal (1914-1985)". Thomas E. Skidmore Collection. Brown University. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
Political offices Preceded byÁlvaro Lins Chief of Staff of the Presidency 1956–59 Succeeded byJosé Sette Câmara Filho Legal offices Preceded byFrancisco de Paula Rocha Lagoa Justice of the Supreme Federal Court 1960–69 Seat abolished by AI-5
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