Ellen Gracie Northfleet
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Her Excellency Ellen Gracie Northfleet |
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| Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court | |
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In office March 30, 2006 – April 24, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Nelson Jobim |
| Succeeded by | Gilmar Mendes |
| Supreme Federal Court Justice | |
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In office December 14, 2000 – August 8, 2011 |
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| Nominated by | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Preceded by | Octavio Gallotti |
| Succeeded by | Rosa Weber |
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February 16, 1948 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Ellen Gracie Northfleet (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛlẽj ˈɡɾejsi nɔʁtʃˈfɫiːtʃ], born February 16, 1948) is a Brazilian judge. She is the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Brazil and the Court's first female president.
On August 8, 2011 she retired from the Court, 7 years before the full extension a mandate that would go until 70 years old.
There was no formal announcement of her decision to retire and no formal ceremony at her departure.
After her departure the Brazilian Association of Federal Judges published a public statement requesting that a representative of the Federal Magistrature be appointed for her position. Ellen Gracie was not a career magistrate since she did not write the exams to become a Federal Judge, as is the case for members of the Federal Magistrature. She was nominated for the position by then Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
She earned her LL.B from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1970, and later pursued a graduate degree in Social Anthropology at the same university. Northfleet was also a Fulbright Scholar and assisted in the development of the United States Law Library of Congress Global legal information network project.
Her public career began in 1971, clerking for the Rio Grande do Sul State General Counsel. On November 7, 1973, she joined the Ministério Público Federal, where she remained in the capacity of Federal Prosecutor until 1989, when she first joined the Judiciary, becoming a judge in the Regional Federal Court of the 4th Region, an appeal Court.
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