Minister Rosa Weber was elected the new president of the STF, this Wednesday (10). The opening is scheduled for September 12th. 

Also in this Wednesday session, minister Luís Roberto Barroso was elected the new vice-president of the STF.

Both were elected by 10 votes to 1. The election takes place among the court's own ministers and is subject to protocol. The STF adopts a rotation system for the succession of its presidents based on seniority criteria.

Thus, the oldest minister who has not previously presided over the STF is elected.

Rosa Weber will replace judge Luiz Fux at the helm of the court, but, unlike previous presidents, she will not serve a two-year term, as she will retire at the beginning of October 2023, when she turns 75.

This tradition does not obfuscate, does not inhibit, does not harm the fact that I am moved by Your Excellencies' vote of confidence. Leading the judiciary is an unparalleled honor for a professional judge like me, who has been doing it for 46 years, she said.

Especially in these turbulent times in which we live, carrying out this job is an immense challenge, explained Weber. 

I will try to carry it out with complete serenity and with the certainty of Your Excellencies' support, which for me will be fundamental. And always in defense of the integrity and sovereignty of the constitution and democracy.

Profile of the Porto Alegre resident Rosa Maria Pires Weber was born on October 2, 1948. She joined the Labor Court in 1976 as a Substitute Judge of the Regional Labor Court of the 4th Region (Rio Grande do Sul).

In 1981 she was promoted to Judge, holding successive positions in the Conciliation and Arbitration Courts of Ijuí, Santa Maria, Vacaria, Lajeado, Canoas and Porto Alegre.

She became a TRT judge in 1991, a court in which she served from 2001 to 2003, having previously been a regional judge.

Rosa Weber was also a professor at the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) from 1989 to 1990, specializing in Labor Law and Labor Process.

The new president of the STF was invited to the TST in May 2004, after being appointed Minister of Labor Justice two years later.

In December 2011, Rosa Weber assumed the position of minister of the STF after being appointed to the Supreme Court by then president Dilma Rousseff. 

In 2018, he assumed the presidency of the TSE and presided over that year's elections.

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