Paulo Brossard

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{{short description|Brazilian politician}}

{{Portuguese name|Brossard|de Souza Pinto}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Paulo Brossard

| image = Paulo Brossard (17691560031) (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Brossard in the 1970s

| office = Justice of the Supreme Federal Court

| termstart = 5 April 1989

| termend = 24 October 1994

| appointer = José Sarney

| predecessor = Djaci Falcão

| successor = Maurício Corrêa

| office2 = Minister of Justice

| termstart2 = 15 February 1986

| termend2 = 18 January 1989

| president2 = José Sarney

| predecessor2 = Fernando Lyra

| successor2 = Oscar Corrêa

| office3 = Senator for Rio Grande do Sul

| term_start3 = 1 February 1975

| term_end3 = 1 February 1983

| office4 = Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul

| term_start4 = 1 February 1967

| term_end4 = 1 February 1971

| office5 = State Deputy of Rio Grande do Sul

| term_start5 = 1 February 1955

| term_end5 = 1 February 1967

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|10|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|04|12|1924|10|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

| parents = {{unbulleted list|Francisco de Souza Pinto|Alila Brossard}}

| spouse = Lúcia Alves

| alma_mater = Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

| children = 3

| party = MDB
MDB
PL

| blank2 = Reference(s)

| data2 = {{cite web | website = Supreme Federal Court website | url = http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=289227 | language = portuguese |trans-title=Note of regret on the death of retired justice Paulo Brossard | date = 12 April 2015 | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | title = Nota de pesar pelo falecimento do ministro aposentado Paulo Brossard }}{{cite web | website = Superior Electoral Court website | language = portuguese | date = 12 April 2015 | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | url = http://www.tse.jus.br/noticias-tse/2015/Abril/presidente-do-tse-lamenta-falecimento-do-jurista-paulo-brossard | title = Presidente do TSE lamenta falecimento do jurista Paulo Brossard |trans-title=Superior Electoral Court president regrets the death of jurist Paulo Brossard }}{{cite web | website = Superior Electoral Court website | language = portuguese | date = 6 November 2014 | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | url = http://www.tse.jus.br/institucional/ministros/presidencias-e-ministros-do-periodo | title = Presidências e todos os ministros por período |trans-title=Presidencies and all ministers by terms }}{{cite web | website = Ministry of Justice of Brazil | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | language = portuguese | url = http://www.justica.gov.br/Acesso/selecao-e-concursos/anexos/paulobrossard.pdf/@@download/file/PauloBrossard.pdf | title = Biografia de Paulo Brossard |trans-title=Paulo Brossard's Biography}}{{cite web | url = http://www.senado.gov.br/senadores/senadores_biografia.asp?codparl=2174&li=46&lcab=1979-1983&lf=46 | website = Brazilian Senate website | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | trans-title = Paulo Brossard's Biography | title = Biografia de Paulo Brossard | language = Portuguese | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143017/http://www.senado.gov.br/senadores/senadores_biografia.asp?codparl=2174&li=46&lcab=1979-1983&lf=46 | archivedate = 27 April 2015 }}{{cite news | newspaper = O Estado de S. Paulo | language = portuguese | url = https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19910503-35650-nac-0004-999-4-not/busca/Oct%C3%A1vio+Gallotti+vice | page = A4 | title = Supremo elege Sanches Presidente |trans-title=Supreme Court elects Sanches as Chief Justice | date = 3 May 1991 | accessdate = 12 April 2015 }}{{cite web | website = Ministry of Justice of Brazil | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | language = portuguese | url = http://portal.mj.gov.br/data/Pages/MJAD82FBF6ITEMID167E69F1F31F449882B7D9B1BA8D3C5CPTBRNN.htm | title = Relação de Ministros | trans-title = List of Ministers | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130615012727/http://portal.mj.gov.br/data/Pages/MJAD82FBF6ITEMID167E69F1F31F449882B7D9B1BA8D3C5CPTBRNN.htm | archivedate = 15 June 2013 }}{{cite news | newspaper = O Estado de S. Paulo | url = https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19941026-36897-spo-0004-pol-a4-not/busca/Paulo+Brossard | page = A4 | date = 26 October 1994 | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | title = Itamar indica Corrêa para vaga no STF |trans-title=Itamar appoints Corrêa for the vacant seat at STF | last = Mendes | first = Vannildo | language = Portuguese }}{{cite news | newspaper = O Estado de S. Paulo | url = https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19890120-34944-nac-0006-999-6-not/busca/deix%C3%A1 | date = 20 January 1989 | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | page = 6 | title = Corrêa promete caçar corruptos |trans-title=Corrêa vows to hunt corrupts | language = Portuguese }}

| footnotes = {{Collapsible list

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| title = Other judicial positions

| bullets = on

| 1993–1994: Vice President, Supreme Federal Court

| 1992–1993: President, Superior Electoral Court

| 1991–1992: Vice President, Superior Electoral Court

| 1991–1992: Effective Minister, Superior Electoral Court

| 1989–1991: Substitute Minister, Superior Electoral Court

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Paulo Brossard de Souza Pinto (23 October 1924 – 12 April 2015) was a Brazilian jurist and politician. Born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, he graduated in Law and served several terms as a parliamentarian in his state and in the National Congress as well. He also was a member of the Supreme Federal Court and the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.

Brossard was born in 1924 at Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul. He studied law at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and specialized itself on constitutional and civil law areas, starting his career as a teacher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, before his début as a politician.{{cite news | newspaper = O Estado de S. Paulo | page = A12 | language = portuguese | date = 13 April 2015 | last = Lara | first = Gabriela | last2 = Azevedo | first2 = Lucas | title = Jurista e ex-ministro morre aos 90 anos |trans-title=Jurist and former minister dies at 90 }} Later than, he was elected as a lawmaker for the State Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul, from there to the National Congress of Brazil, first as a representative and as a senator at last.

He ran for the Vice Presidency of Brazil in the 1978 indirect elections for the MDB ticket (General Euler Bentes as President), during the Brazilian military government. He was defeated by Aureliano Chaves, while João Figueiredo was elected as President of Brazil.

He played an important role on the crisis that arose when President elect Tancredo Neves could not be able to take office in 1985, as the first civilian citizen to bear such position after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. Confusion and discrepancies were spreading many different understandings on the Brazilian laws as Neves was unable to take office, at the same time his running mate for vice presidency, José Sarney, was empowered as acting president. He strongly supported Sarney's ability and rightness to exercise the presidential powers, stating "this is the reason why vice presidents exist".{{cite news | newspaper = O Estado de S. Paulo | date = 22 March 1985 | accessdate = 14 April 2015 | language = portuguese | url = https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19850322-33758-nac-0007-999-7-not/busca/Tancredo+Brossard | page = 7 | title = Brossard quer máquina funcionando plenamente |trans-title=Brossard wants the government gears full work }} (In the aftermath, Tancredo Neves has died,{{cite news | newspaper = O Estado de S. Paulo | date = 22 April 1985 | accessdate = 14 April 2015 | page = 1 | url = https://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19850422-33784-nac-0001-999-1-not | title = A morte do homem do Brasil |trans-title=The death of the man of Brazil }} never taking the oath, and Sarney completed his tenure).

He died on 12 April 2015 at his home in Porto Alegre, at the age of 90.{{cite web | website = O Estado de S. Paulo website | date = 12 April 2015 | accessdate = 12 April 2015 | url = https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,morre-o-ex-ministro-da-justica-e-ex-presidente-do-stf-paulo-brossard,1668276 | title = Morre o ex-ministro da Justiça e ex-presidente do STF Paulo Brossard (sic) |trans-title=Former ministry of Justice and Chief Justice Paulo Brossard dies (sic)| language = Portuguese | last = Azevedo | first = Lucas }}