José Levi do Amaral

José Levi Mello do Amaral Júnior (born 22 June 1976) is a Brazilian jurist. He had been Acting Minister of Justice and Public Security between February and March 2017, after the nomination of former minister Alexandre de Moraes to the Supreme Federal Court.[1][2] He was Prosecutor General of National Finances and licensed professor at the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP).

José Levi do Amaral
Attorney General of Brazil
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 April 2020
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	André Luiz Mendonça
Attorney-General for the National Treasury
In office 3 January 2019 – 28 April 2020
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Minister	Paulo Guedes
Preceded by	Fabrício da Soller
Minister of Justice and Public Security Acting
In office 7 February 2017 – 7 March 2017
President	Michel Temer
Preceded by	Alexandre de Moraes
Succeeded by	Osmar Serraglio
Personal details
Born	José Levi Mello do Amaral Júnior (1976-06-22) 22 June 1976 São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Alma mater	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2001) University of São Paulo (2003)
Occupation	Prosecutor General of National Finances

Biography

Academic life

Levi Mello is Master of State Law and Law Theory by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Doctor of State Law by the University of São Paulo. He has been professor of Constitutional Law at the Law School of the University of São Paulo since 2008. He is also professor of post-graduation at the Centro de Ensino Unificado de Brasília (UniCEUB).[3]

Public career

Amaral was a government employee at the Chief of Staff between the governments of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as well as at the State Secretariat of Finances of Minas Gerais, during the government of Aécio Neves. He was special advisor of José Serra when he was Governor of São Paulo and commanded the juridical advisory of the Secretariat of Micro and Small Business of the Presidency of the Republic, under the administration of Guilherme Afif Domingos, in the government of Dilma Rousseff. José Levi had been also Consultor General of the Union between June 2015 and May 2016,[4] before assuming a seat at the Ministry of Justice and Public Security as Executive Secretary, the "Number 2" of the office, from May 2016 to November 2017.

When former minister Alexandre de Moraes licensed, on 7 February 2017, Amaral Júnior assumed as Acting Minister, until the sworn-in of Osmar Serraglio, on 7 March 2017.[2][5][6][7]

Prosecutor of National Finances by career since July 2000, he had been Joint Prosecutor General of Tributary and Social Security Consulting at the Prosecutor General's Office of National Finances from 7 February 2018 to 3 January 2019, when he was nominated for the office of Prosecutor General of National Finances.[8]

Mello was confirmed by president Jair Bolsonaro as new Attorney General of the Union, after André Luiz Mendonça was moved to the Minister of Justice and Public Security.[9]

References

1. "Quem é Alexandre de Moraes, o novo ministro do STF" (in Portuguese). BBC News. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
2. "Alexandre de Moraes se despede de sua equipe no Ministério da Justiça" (in Portuguese). Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
3. Mariz, Renata (8 February 2017). "José Levi do Amaral, o discreto interino que assumiu o Ministério da Justiça" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
4. "Temer nomeia novos números dois da Justiça, Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Social" (in Portuguese). Veja. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
5. Ribeiro, Marcelo (7 February 2017). "Temer indicará novo ministro da Justiça no final de fevereiro" (in Portuguese). Exame. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
6. Paraguassu, Lisandra (6 February 2017). "Alexandre de Moraes se licensia do Ministério da Justiça; secretário-executivo assume" (in Portuguese). Extra. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
7. "Deputado Osmar Serraglio, do PMDB, é o novo ministro da Justiça" (in Portuguese). G1. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
8. "José Levi Mello do Amaral é anunciado novo Procurador-Geral da Fazenda" (in Portuguese). ConJur. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
9. Lucizano, Eduardo (28 April 2020). "Bolsonaro oficializa André Mendonça como novo ministro da Justiça" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Alexandre de Moraes	Minister of Justice and Public Security Acting 2017	Succeeded by Osmar Serraglio
Preceded by André Luiz Mendonça	Attorney General of the Union 2020–present	Incumbent
Legal offices
Preceded by Fabrício da Soller	Prosecutor General of National Finances 2019–2020	Vacant
Order of precedence
Preceded by Commanders of the Armed Forces	Brazilian order of precedence 12th in line as Attorney General of the Union	Followed by Foreign envoys