Jorge Messias

{{Short description|Attorney General of Brazil (2023–present)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jorge Messias

| image = 01.01.2023 - Posse de Jorge Messias, Ministro-chefe da AGU (52656084176) (cropped).jpg

| office = Attorney General of the Union

| term_start = 1 January 2023

| president = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

| predecessor = Bruno Bianco

| birth_name = Jorge Rodrigo Araújo Messias

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|2|25|df=y}}

| alma_mater = Federal University of Pernambuco (LL.B.)

| profession = Attorney

| caption = Messias in 2023

}}

Jorge Rodrigo Araújo Messias (born 25 February 1980) is a Brazilian attorney, incumbent Attorney General of Brazil nominated by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.{{cite periodical |url=https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=01/01/2023&jornal=702&pagina=1|title=Decreto de 1° de janeiro de 2023|publisher=Imprensa Nacional|periodical=Diário Oficial da União|page=1|date=1 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2023|issn=1677-7050 |language=pt-BR}} He is a prosecutor of National Finances since 2007{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/financas-impostos-e-gestao-publica/2023/01/jorge-messias-anuncia-a-criacao-da-procuradoria-de-defesa-da-democracia-na-agu|title=Jorge Messias anuncia a criação da Procuradoria de Defesa da Democracia na AGU|website=Gov.br|language=pt|date=3 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2023}} and served as sub-chief for juridical affairs of the Chief of Staff during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/12/22/jorge-messias-e-anunciado-por-lula-como-ministro-da-agu-veja-perfil.ghtml|title=Jorge Messias é anunciado por Lula como ministro da AGU; veja perfil|website=G1|language=pt|first=Guilherme|last=Mazui|date=22 December 2022|access-date=6 January 2023}}

Messias also worked as prosecutor in the Central Bank of Brazil and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), juridical consultant in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, secretary of regulation and oversight of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, sub-chief of government political analysis and follow-up in the Chief of Staff and parliamentary assistant of senator Jaques Wagner.{{cite web|url=https://istoe.com.br/a-volta-do-bessias/|title=O retorno do 'Bessias': petista que ficou famoso no governo Dilma volta à cena com Lula|website=Isto É|language=pt|first=Ana|last=Viriato|date=2 December 2022|access-date=6 January 2023}}

Messias is Bachelor of Laws at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) and Master of Development, Society and International Cooperation at University of Brasília (UnB).{{cite web|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cartaexpressa/conheca-jorge-messias-o-novo-advogado-geral-da-uniao/|title=Conheça Jorge Messias, o novo advogado-geral da União|website=Carta Capital|language=pt|first=Getulio|last=Xavier|date=22 December 2022|access-date=6 January 2023}}

In November 2022, Messias was the most voted by his peers in a sixfold list for the office of Attorney General of the Union, made by the National Union of National Finances Prosecutors (Sinprofaz), the National Association of Members of the Attorney General of the Union (Anajur) and the National Association of the Attorneys of the Union (Anauni).{{cite web|url=https://www.conjur.com.br/2022-nov-14/bessias-ex-assessor-dilma-integra-lista-sextupla-agu|title=Jorge Messias, ex-assessor de Dilma, lidera lista sêxtupla para AGU no governo Lula|website=Consultor Jurídico|language=pt|date=14 November 2022|access-date=6 January 2023}}