Sergio Moro | |
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Moro in 2020 | |
| Senator forParaná | |
| Assuming office 1 February 2023 | |
| Minister of Justice and Public Security | |
| In office 1 January 2019 –24 April 2020 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Torquato Jardim(Justice) Raul Jungmann(Public Security) |
| Succeeded by | André Mendonça |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergio Fernando Moro (1972-08-01)1 August 1972 (age 53) Maringá,Paraná, Brazil |
| Political party | Podemos (2021–2022) Brazil Union (2022–present) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | State University of Maringá (LLB) Federal University of Paraná (LLM,PhD) |
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Sergio Fernando Moro[1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛʁʒju ˈmoɾu]; born 1 August 1972) is a Brazilianjurist, formerfederal judge,college professor andpolitician. He was one of the lead judges inOperation Car Wash.[2][3] Moro was alsoMinister of Justice and Public Security under theJair Bolsonaro administration from 2019 to 2020.[4]
He briefly ran forPresident of Brazil in the2022 election. Instead, he successfully ran forSenator ofParaná.
If any good has come from the Petrobras debacle it is the flickering sense that this time could be different. Part of the reason is the work of Judge Sérgio Moro, who is overseeing the investigation, officially known as Operação Lava Jato, or Operation Carwash.