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Place of Birth: Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
About Joaquim Barbosa
- Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation: [?o?'ki b?ne'd?itu b??'b?z? 'gÔmis]; born October 7, 1954) is a former Justice of the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil.
- He served as the president of the court (Chief Justice) between 2012 and 2014. Barbosa studied law at University of BrasĂlia (1979) and holds a master's degree (1990) and a doctorate (1993) from PanthĂ©on-Assas University.
- He is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Hebrew University (2015).In 2013, he was elected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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