Nelson Jobim
{{Short description|Brazilian jurist, politician and businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Portuguese name|Azevedo|Jobim}}{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| term_end4 = 1 January 1995
| term_start3 = 1 January 1995
| term_end3 = 1 April 1997
| president3 = Fernando Henrique Cardoso
| predecessor3 = Alexandre Dupeyrat Martins
| successor3 = Iris Rezende
| office4 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start4 = 1 February 1987
| constituency4 = Rio Grande do Sul
| birthname = Nelson Azevedo Jobim
| successor2 = Ellen GracieO Estado de S. Paulo, 3 March 2006, p. A13
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|04|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| alma_mater = Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
| party = MDB
| footnotes = {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = background:#EEDD82;text-align:center;
| title = Other judicial positions
| bullets = on
| 2004–2006: President, National Justice Council
| 2003–2004: Vice President, Supreme Federal Court
| 2001–2003: President, Superior Electoral Court
| 2001–2001: Vice President, Superior Electoral Court
| 1999–2003: Effective Minister, Superior Electoral Court
| 1997–1999: Substitute Minister, Superior Electoral Court
}}
| spouse = Adrienne Nelson de Senna
| children = 3
| office3 = Minister of Justice
| predecessor2 = Maurício CorrêaO Estado de S. Paulo, 2 May 2004, p. A10.
| name = Nelson Jobim
| successor = Celso Amorim
| image = Nelson Jobim.jpg
| imagesize =
| office = Minister of Defence
| term_start = 25 July 2007
| term_end = 4 August 2011
| president = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Dilma Rousseff
| predecessor = Waldir Pires
| office1 = Minister of the Supreme Federal Court
| vicepresident2 = Ellen Gracie
| term_start1 = 15 April 1997
| term_end1 = 29 March 2006
| appointer1 = Fernando Henrique Cardoso
| predecessor1 = Francisco Rezek
| successor1 = Cármen LúciaO Estado de S. Paulo, 11 May 2006, p. A9
| office2 = 51st President of the Supreme Federal Court
| term_start2 = 3 June 2004[http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/ministro/verMinistro.asp?periodo=stf&id=34 STF website.] (in Portuguese) Retrieved 12 November 2012.
| term_end2 = 29 March 2006
| occupation = Partner of BTG Pactual and in charge of Institutional
Relations and Compliance Policies
}}
Nelson Azevedo Jobim (born 12 April 1946) is a Brazilian jurist, politician and businessman. He held the positions as congressman,{{Cite web|url=https://www12.senado.leg.br/institucional/arquivo|title=Arquivo|website=Portal Institucional do Senado Federal|language=pt|access-date=2020-02-07}} Minister of Justice, Minister of Defense, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF),{{Cite web|url=http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/ministro/verMinistro.asp?periodo=stf&id=34|title=Ministros :: STF - Supremo Tribunal Federal|website=www.stf.jus.br|access-date=2020-02-07}} where he was also president from 2004 to 2006. He is a member of the board of directors and responsible for institutional relations and compliance policies at BTG Pactual Bank.{{Cite web|url=https://ri.btgpactual.com/governanca-corporativa/diretoria-e-conselho-de-administracao/|title=BTG Pactual|website=BTG Pactual|language=pt-br|access-date=2025-02-26}}
Biography
Jobim was born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, he is a distant relative of the musician Tom Jobim, having in common the same great-great-great-uncle, José Martins da Cruz Jobim.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nexojornal.com.br/expresso/2016/07/30/Nelson-Jobim-6-fatos-sobre-o-pol%C3%ADtico-que-foi-de-ministro-do-Supremo-a-s%C3%B3cio-de-banco|title=Nelson Jobim: 6 fatos sobre o político que foi de ministro do Supremo a sócio de banco|website=Nexo Jornal|language=pt-br|access-date=2020-02-07}} He is the son of the lawyer and former state deputy of Rio Grande do Sul Hélvio Jobim and Nami Azevedo Jobim. He has two brothers, Walter Jobim Neto and Hélvio Jobim Filho. His paternal grandfather, lawyer Walter Só Jobim, has been active in politics in Rio Grande do Sul since the 1920s and, in 1947, he was governor of the state.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rodaviva.fapesp.br/materia/260/entrevistados/tom_jobim_1993.htm|title=:: Memória Roda Viva - www.rodaviva.fapesp.br ::|website=www.rodaviva.fapesp.br|access-date=2020-02-07}} He was married to Edmea Kruel Jobim, with whom he had three children. Later, he married Adrienne Nelson de Senna.{{Cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/113/reportagem/adrienne_de_senna.htm|title=ISTOÉ Gente Online|website=www.terra.com.br|access-date=2020-02-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/assalto-filho-de-nelson-jobim-ex-funcionarios-de-predio-serao-investigados-2757162|title=Assalto a filho de Nelson Jobim: ex-funcionários de prédio serão investigados|date=2011-06-28|website=O Globo|language=pt-BR|access-date=2020-02-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/nelson-azevedo-jobim|title=Nelson Azevedo Jobim|last=Brasil|first=CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do|website=CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil|language=pt-br|access-date=2020-02-07}}
He attended the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre from 1964 to 1968, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Social and Legal Sciences.{{cite web|url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI1784021-EI7896,00.html|title=Veja a biografia de Nelson Jobim|work=terra.com.br|publisher=Terra Networks Brasil|language=pt|accessdate=16 June 2009}} He taught philosophy of law and procedural law at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria.{{cite news|url=http://www.infonet.com.br/noticias/ler.asp?id=41559&titulo=Noticias|title=President of the STF will be honored in Aracaju|date=12 November 2005|work=Infonet|accessdate=16 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070101/http://www.infonet.com.br/noticias/ler.asp?id=41559&titulo=Noticias|archive-date=16 July 2011|language=pt}}
Law and teaching career
After graduation, he began practicing as a lawyer. He was chairman of the sub-section of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil in Santa Maria from 1977 to 1978, and was vice president of the Rio Grande do Sul section of the Brazilian Bar Association from 1985 to 1986. He was also a member of the Office of Lawyers of Rio Grande do Sul and the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers, based in Rio de Janeiro.
Jobim was an adjunct professor of the Department of Law for the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria from 1980 to 1986. In 2013 he was nominated director of the Center for Technology & Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas. Jobim also is Adjunct Professor of the Department of Law of the Universidade de Brasília in the early 1990s.
Political career
Jobim served in Chamber of Deputies, from 1987 to 1995. During this time, he became the leader of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and chaired the Commission on Constitution and Justice and the Editorial Board of Deputies in 1989.
He served as Minister of Justice, from 1 January 1995 to 7 April 1997, under the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Jobim lobbied for the decriminalization of the use of marijuana, saying: "The drug user must be helped and not persecuted as a criminal; and also was responsible for the demarcation of Indian lands.{{cite news|last=Goering|first=Laurie|title=Brazil Indians, Land Developers Battle Decree Could Cut Reserves|date=21 January 1996|work=Chicago Tribune|page=15}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.dcourier.com/|title=Brazil discussing decriminalizing marijuana|date=19 March 1995|work=The Daily Courier}}
Supreme Court nomination
He was nominated to join the Supreme Federal Court in February 1997. After, he was appointed to the post of Minister of the Federal Supreme Court, on 7 April 1997, and took office on the 15th, filling the vacancy caused by the retirement of Francisco Rezek.{{cite news|url=http://www.conjur.com.br/2003-jun-05/mauricio_correa_presidente_supremo?pagina=2?pagina=2|title=Maurício Corrêa assume o comando do Supremo|date=5 June 2003|work=Consultor Juridico|accessdate=17 June 2009|language=pt}} During his time as Supreme Court Justice, Jobim chaired the elections of October 2002; and was elected Vice-President of the Supreme Court, on 9 April 2003.
= Presidency of the Supreme Federal Court =
Ministry of Defense
He was the Defense Minister of Brazil from July 2007 until August 2011. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appointed him to the position after the aviation crisis of 2006–2007.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6915977.stm|title=Brazil's defence minister fired|date=25 July 2007|work=BBC News|accessdate=17 June 2009}} In 2009, after the flight disappearance Air France Flight 447, Jobim worked with French Government to rescue the casualties.{{cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL1180489-5598,00-JOSE+ALENCAR+DECRETA+TRES+DIAS+DE+LUTO+OFICIAL+POR+VITIMAS+DO+AIRBUS.html|title=José Alencar decreta três dias de luto oficial por vítimas do Airbus|date=2 June 2009|accessdate=18 June 2009|publisher=Globo|language=pt}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/02/brazil.france.plane.missing/index.html|title=No survivors found in wreckage of Air France jet, official says|date=2 June 2009|accessdate=18 June 2009|publisher=CNN}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8080290.stm|title=Ocean search finds plane debris|date=2 June 2009|accessdate=18 June 2009|publisher=BBC}}
BTG Pactual
Since July 2016, he is a member of the Board of Directors of BTG Pactual bank. In April 2018, he became president of the bank's Board of Directors, remaining as Chairman until April 2022, when he was replaced by André Esteves.{{Cite news |date=2022-04-29 |title=BTG Pactual shareholders approve founder Esteves to return as chairman |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/btg-pactual-sa-esteves-idUSL2N2WR3EE |access-date=2023-01-23}} Jobim continued to be part of the Board of Directors in addition to being responsible for Institutional Relations and Compliance Policies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/nelson-jobim|title=Minister Nelson Jobim|website=www.wilsoncenter.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07}}{{Cite news |date=2022-02-16 |title=UPDATE 2-BTG Pactual founder Esteves seeks to return as chairman |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/btg-pactual-esteves-idUKL1N2UR0LE |access-date=2023-01-23}}
Persio Arida announced the join of former Minister Jobim and stated: "The arrival of ex-Minister Nelson Jobim is another important step towards improving management standards and practices at BTG Pactual. His outstanding track record, experience and knowledge will help to further enhance the Bank's governance".{{Cite web|url=https://www.btgpactual.com/home_en/download/news/BTG_Pactual_announces_exMinister_Nelson_Jobim_as_partner_and_member_of_its_Board_of_Directors.pdf|title=BTG Pactual announces ex-Minister Nelson Jobim as partner and member of its Board of Directors, in charge of Institutional Relations and Compliance Policies|last=BTG Pactual|first=Bank|date=26 July 2016|website=BTG Pactual}}
References
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Category:People from Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Category:Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
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Category:Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni
Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Ministers of justice of Brazil
Category:Defence ministers of Brazil
Category:21st-century Brazilian judges
Category:Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Ipiranga