# List of ministers of the Supreme Federal Court (Brazil)

This is a list of ministers of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil since its foundation as Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Supreme Justice Court) the highest Brazilian court during the imperial period (1822–1889).

## Supremo Tribunal de Justiça – Brazilian Empire

| Name | Provínce/State of origin |
| Adriano José Leal | Portugal |
| Adriano José Leal Filho | Bahia |
| Afonso Artur de Almeida Albuquerque | Portugal |
| Agostinho Marques Perdigão Malheiros | Portugal |
| Agostinho Petra de Bittencourt | Rio de Janeiro |
| Albino José Barbosa de Oliveira | Coimbra ( Portugal) |
| Alexandre Bernardino dos Reis e Silva | Pernambuco |
| André Alves Pereira Ribeiro e Cirne | Rio de Janeiro |
| Antônio Augusto da Silva | Bahia |
| Antônio Buarque de Lima | Alagoas |
| Antônio Cerqueira Lima | Bahia |
| Antônio da Costa Pinto | Minas Gerais |
| Antônio da Silva Teles | Bahia |
| Antônio de Sousa Mendes | Piauí |
| Antônio Francisco de Azevedo | São Paulo |
| Antônio Gerardo Curado de Meneses | Ilha da Madeira ( Portugal) |
| Antônio Inácio de Azevedo | Bahia |
| Antônio José da Veiga | Portugal |
| Antônio José de Carvalho Chaves | Portugal |
| Antônio José de Miranda |
| Antônio Luís Figueira Pereira da Cunha | Portugal |
| Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu (Visconde de Abaeté) | Lisboa ( Portugal) |
| Antônio Pereira Barreto Pedroso | Minas Gerais |
| Antônio Pinto Chichorro da Gama | Bahia |
| Antônio Rodrigues Fernandes Braga | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Antônio Simões da Silva | Bahia |
| Caetano José da Silva Santiago | Pernambuco |
| Caetano Vicente de Almeida Júnior (Barão de Mucuri) | Bahia |
| Cândido José de Araújo Viana (Marquês de Sapucaí) | Minas Gerais |
| Cassiano Spiridião de Melo Matos | Bahia |
| Cornélio Ferreira França | Bahia |
| Custódio Manuel da Silva Guimarães | Ceará |
| Cipriano José Veloso | Bahia |
| Ernesto Ferreira França | Bahia |
| Eusébio de Queirós Coutinho da Silva | Luanda ( Angola) |
| Firmino Pereira Monteiro | Rio de Janeiro |
| Francisco Alberto Teixeira de Aragão | Lisboa ( Portugal) |
| Francisco Balthazar da Silveira | Bahia |
| Francisco Carneiro de Campos | Bahia |
| Francisco de Paula Cerqueira Leite | Minas Gerais |
| Francisco de Paula Pereira Duarte | Minas Gerais |
| Francisco Domingues da Silva | Ceará |
| Francisco Gomes de Campos (Barão de Campo Grande) | Rio de Janeiro |
| Francisco Jorge Monteiro | Bahia |
| Francisco José Alves Carneiro | Rio de Janeiro |
| Francisco José de Freitas | Bahia |
| Francisco Maria de Freitas e Albuquerque | Bahia |
| Francisco Mariani | Bahia |
| Francisco Soares Bernardes de Gouveia | Minas Gerais |
| Gustavo Adolfo d'Aguilar Pantoja | Bahia |
| Inácio José de Mendonça Uchoa | Alagoas |
| Inocêncio Marques de Araújo Góis (Barão de Araújo Góis) | Bahia |
| Jerônimo Martiniano Figueira de Melo | Ceará |
| João Antônio de Araújo Freitas Henriques | Bahia |
| João Antônio de Vasconcelos | Bahia |
| João Antônio Rodrigues de Carvalho | Rio de Janeiro |
| João Batista Gonçalves Campos (Visconde de Jari) | Bahia |
| João Carlos Leal | Bahia |
| João de Medeiros Gomes | Rio de Janeiro |
| João Evangelista de Negreiros Saião Lobato (Visconde de Sabará) | Minas Gerais |
| João Gomes de Campos | Rio de Janeiro |
| João Joaquim da Silva | Bahia |
| João José da Veiga | Coimbra ( Portugal) |
| João José de Almeida Couto (Barão do Desterro) | Bahia |
| João José de Andrade Pinto | Rio de Janeiro |
| João José de Oliveira Junqueira | Bahia |
| João Lopes da Silva Couto | Rio de Janeiro |
| Joaquim Caetano da Silva Guimarães | Minas Gerais |
| Joaquim Francisco de Faria | Rio de Janeiro |
| Joaquim Francisco Gonçalves Ponce de Leão | Bahia |
| Joaquim José Pinheiro de Vasconcelos (Visconde de Monserrate) | Espírito Santo |
| Joaquim Marcelino de Brito | Bahia |
| Joaquim Pedro Vilaça | São Paulo |
| Joaquim Tibúrcio Ferreira Gomes | Bahia |
| Joaquim Vieira da Silva e Sousa | Maranhão |
| José Albano Fragoso (1º presidente) | São João Batista do Lumiar ( Portugal) |
| José Antônio de Magalhães Castro | Bahia |
| José Antônio de Siqueira e Silva | Rio de Janeiro |
| José Ascenço da Costa Ferreira | Maranhão |
| José Baptista de Lisboa | Rio de Janeiro |
| José Bernardo de Figueiredo | Pernambuco |
| José da Cruz Ferreira | Rio de Janeiro |
| José de Assis Mascarenhas | Goiás |
| José Inácio Accioli de Vasconcelos | Rio de Janeiro |
| José Maria de Sales Gameiro de Mendonça Peçanha | Rio de Janeiro |
| José Mariani | Bahia |
| José Matoso de Andrade Câmara | Luanda ( Angola) |
| José Paulo de Figueiroa Nabuco Araújo | Pará |
| José Pereira da Costa Mota | Rio de Janeiro |
| José Pereira da Graça (Barão de Aracati) | Ceará |
| José Ricardo da Costa Aguiar d'Andrada | São Paulo |
| José Tavares Bastos | Alagoas |
| José Verneque Ribeiro d'Aguilar |
| Lourenço José da Silva Santiago | Pernambuco |
| Lucas Antônio Monteiro de Barros (Visconde de Congonhas do Campo) | Minas Gerais |
| Luís Antônio Barbosa d'Almeida | Bahia |
| Luís Barbosa Accioli de Brito | Rio de Janeiro |
| Luís Carlos de Paiva Teixeira | Rio de Janeiro |
| Luís Correia de Queirós Barros | Pernambuco |
| Luís Gonzaga de Brito Guerra (Barão de Açu) | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Luís Joaquim Duque Estrada Furtado de Mendonça | Rio de Janeiro |
| Luís José de Sampaio | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Manuel Caetano d'Almeida e Albuquerque | Pernambuco |
| Manuel de Jesus Valdetaro (Visconde de Valdetaro) | Rio de Janeiro |
| Manuel dos Santos Martins Valasques | Bahia |
| Manuel Elisário de Castro Menezes | Ceará |
| Manuel Filipe Monteiro | Bahia |
| Manuel Inácio Cavalcanti de Lacerda (Barão de Pirapama) | Pernambuco |
| Manuel José de Freitas Travassos | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Manuel Machado Nunes | Rio de Janeiro |
| Manuel Messias de Leão | Bahia |
| Manuel Pinto Ribeiro Pereira de Sampaio | Espírito Santo |
| Manuel Rodrigues Vilares | São Paulo |
| Miguel Joaquim de Castro Mascarenhas | Bahia |
| Olegário Herculano d'Aquino e Castro | São Paulo |
| Ovídio Fernandes Trigo de Loureiro | São Paulo |
| Monsenhor Pedro Machado de Miranda Malheiros | Portugal |
| Silvério Fernandes de Araújo Jorge | Alagoas |
| Tomás Antônio Maciel Monteiro (Barão de Itamaracá) | Pernambuco |
| Tomás Xavier Garcia d'Almeida | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Tibúrcio Valeriano da Silva Tavares | Bahia |
| Tristão de Alencar Araripe | Ceará |
| Viriato Bandeira Duarte | Maranhão |
| Legenda: | Ministers who joined STF |

## Supremo Tribunal Federal – Republic

STF, in its initial composition had fifteen ministers. Decree n.º 19.656, Provisory Government act of 1931, reduced the number of ministers to eleven. The AI-2, of 1965, raised the number of ministers to 16. In 1969, AI-6 returned the composition to eleven ministers, which stays until this day.
| Justice | Justice | Seat | Replacing | Tenure | Appointed by | Prior position |
| 1 | João Negreiros Saião, Viscount of Sabará | 1st | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 4 May 1892 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 2 | Freitas Henriques | 2nd | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 9 February 1894 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 3 | Alencar Araripe | 3rd | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 25 January 1892 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 4 | João de Andrade Pinto | 4th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 8 October 1894 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 5 | Aquino e Castro | 5th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 10 August 1906 (Died) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 6 | Joaquim Francisco de Faria | 6th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 1 February 1892 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 7 | Mendonça Uchôa | 7th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 25 March 1892 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 8 | Queiroz Barros | 8th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 15 March 1892 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 9 | Sousa Mendes | 9th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 6 May 1892 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 10 | Trigo de Loureiro | 10th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 29 September 1894 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 11 | Costa Barradas | 11th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 21 October 1893 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Judge of law |
| 12 | Luís Pereira Franco, Baron of Pereira Franco | 12th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 20 January 1902 (Died) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 13 | Henrique Pereira de Lucena, Baron of Lucena | 13th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 25 January 1892 (Retired) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Governor of Pernambuco |
| 14 | José Albuquerque Barros, Baron of Sobral | 14th | (new seat) | 28 February 1891 – 31 August 1893 (Died) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Director-general of the Secretariat of Justice Affairs |
| 15 | Piza e Almeida | 15th | (new seat) | 1 April 1891 – 22 April 1908 (Died) | Deodoro da Fonseca | Judge of law |
| 16 | Macedo Soares | 3rd | Araripe | 29 January 1892 – 14 August 1905 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | Judge of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 17 | Barros Pimentel | 13th | Lucena | 29 January 1892 – 18 November 1893 (Retired) | Floriano Peixoto | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 18 | Anfilófio de Carvalho | 6th | Faria | 1 March 1892 – 3 April 1895 (Retired) | Floriano Peixoto | Federal Deputy from Bahia |
| 19 | José Higino | 1st | Sabará | 4 June 1897 – 7 June 1897 (Retired) | Floriano Peixoto | Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs (acting) |
| 20 | Bento Lisboa | 7th | Uchôa | 4 June 1892 – 18 November 1893 (Retired) | Floriano Peixoto | Judge of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 21 | Ferreira de Resende | 9th | S. Mendes | 28 June 1892 – 26 October 1893 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | Vice Governor of Minas Gerais |
| 22 | Faria Lemos | 8th | Q. Barros | 4 June 1893 – 11 January 1894 (Retired) | Floriano Peixoto | President of Minas Gerais |
| 23 | Barata Ribeiro | 14th | J. A. Barros | 25 November 1893 – 24 September 1894 (Rejected by the Senate) | Floriano Peixoto | Mayor of the Federal District |
| 24 | Bernardino Ferreira | 7th | Lisboa | 4 June 1892 – 24 October 1905 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | Justice of the Military Supreme Council |
| 25 | Sousa Martins | 9th | Resende | 10 October 1894 – 25 December 1896 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | Justice of the Military Supreme Council |
| 26 | Pindaíba de Matos | 11th | Barradas | 10 October 1894 – 27 December 1910 (Retired) | Floriano Peixoto | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 27 | Hermínio do Espírito Santo | 13th | Pimentel | 17 November 1894 – 11 November 1924 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | Federal judge |
| 28 | Américo Brasiliense | 8th | Lemos | 24 November 1894 – 25 March 1896 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | President of São Paulo |
| 29 | Luís Osório | 2nd | Henriques | 28 November 1894 – 26 November 1896 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | Brazilian Ambassador to Argentina |
| 30 | Américo Lobo | 15th | B. Ribeiro | 8 December 1894 – 1 October 1903 (Died) | Floriano Peixoto | Senator for Minas Gerais |
| 31 | Ubaldino do Amaral | 10th | Loureiro | 15 December 1894 – 4 May 1896 (Retired) | Prudente de Morais | Senator for Paraná |
| 32 | Lúcio de Mendonça | 4th | J. A. Pinto | 24 April 1895 – 26 October 1907 (Retired) | Prudente de Morais | Director-general of the Secretariat of Justice Affairs |
| 33 | Figueiredo Júnior | 6th | A. de Carvalho | 11 December 1895 – 23 August 1897 (Retired) | Prudente de Morais | Attorney |
| 34 | Ribeiro de Almeida | 8th | Brasiliense | 24 June 1896 – 30 September 1913 (Retired) | Prudente de Morais | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 35 | João Pedro Belford | 2nd | Osório | 20 January 1897 – 2 November 1910 (Died) | Manuel Vitorino | Senator for Maranhão |
| 36 | João Barbalho | 10th | Amaral | 20 January 1897 – 16 April 1906 (Retired) | Manuel Vitorino | Senator for Pernambuco |
| 37 | Manuel Murtinho | 9th | Martins | 23 January 1897 – 22 April 1917 (Died) | Manuel Vitorino | President of Mato Grosso |
| 38 | André Cavalcanti de Albuquerque | 1st | Higino | 12 June 1897 – 13 February 1927 (Died) | Prudente de Morais | Judge of the Federal District |
| 39 | Augusto Olinto | 6th | F. Júnior | 8 September 1897 – 12 August 1898 (Died) | Prudente de Morais | Judge of law |
| 40 | Gonçalves de Carvalho | 6th | Olinto | 1 September 1901 – 18 January 1901 (Died) | Prudente de Morais | Judge of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 41 | Alberto Torres | 6th | G. de Carvalho | 18 May 1901 – 18 September 1909 (Retired) | Campos Sales | President of Rio de Janeiro |
| 42 | Epitácio Pessoa | 12th | Pereira Franco | 28 January 1902 – 17 August 1912 (Retired) | Campos Sales | Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs |
| 43 | Oliveira Ribeiro | 14th | Lobo | 14 October 1903 – 29 June 1917 (Died) | Rodrigues Alves | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 44 | Guimarães Natal | 3rd | Soares | 23 September 1905 – 13 April 1927 (Retired) | Rodrigues Alves | Federal judge |
| 45 | Cardoso de Castro | 7th | Ferreira | 11 November 1905 – 26 October 1911 (Died) | Rodrigues Alves | Chief Police of the Federal District |
| 46 | Amaro Cavalcanti | 10th | Barbalho | 27 June 1906 – 30 December 1914 (Retired) | Rodrigues Alves | Legal advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 47 | Manuel Espíndola | 5th | A. Castro | 29 September 1906 – 7 October 1912 (Died) | Rodrigues Alves | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 48 | Pedro Lessa | 4th | L. Mendonça | 20 November 1907 – 25 July 1921 (Died) | Afonso Pena | Attorney |
| 49 | Canuto Saraiva | 15th | P. Almeida | 16 June 1908 – 25 May 1919 (Died) | Afonso Pena | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 50 | Godofredo Cunha | 6th | Torres | 25 September 1909 – 18 February 1931 (Retired) | Nilo Peçanha | Federal judge |
| 51 | Leoni Ramos | 2nd | Belfort | 22 November 1910 – 20 March 1931 (Died) | Nilo Peçanha | Chief Police of the Federal District |
| 52 | Muniz Barreto | 11th | Matos | 31 December 1910 – 18 February 1931 (Retired) | Hermes da Fonseca | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 53 | Oliveira Figueiredo | 7th | C. Castro | 11 November 1911 – 29 October 1912 (Died) | Hermes da Fonseca | Senator for Rio de Janeiro |
| 54 | Enéas Galvão | 12th | Pessoa | 24 August 1912 – 24 November 1916 (Died) | Hermes da Fonseca | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 55 | Pedro Mibielli | 5th | Espíndola | 13 November 1912 – 18 February 1931 (Retired) | Hermes da Fonseca | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul |
| 56 | Sebastião Lacerda | 7th | Figueiredo | 16 November 1912 – 5 July 1925 (Died) | Hermes da Fonseca | State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro |
| 57 | Coelho e Campos | 8th | R. Almeida | 1 November 1913 – 13 October 1919 (Died) | Hermes da Fonseca | Senate for Sergipe |
| 58 | Viveiros de Castro | 10th | A. Cavalcanti | 3 February 1915 – 14 April 1927 (Died) | Venceslau Brás | Minister of the Federal Court of Accounts |
| 59 | João Mendes | 12th | Galvão | 5 January 1917 – 24 October 1922 (Retired) | Venceslau Brás | Professor at the Law School, University of São Paulo |
| 60 | Pires e Albuquerque | 9th | Murtinho | 26 May 1917 – 18 February 1931 (Retired) | Venceslau Brás | Federal judge |
| 61 | Edmundo Lins | 14th | O. Ribeiro | 12 September 1917 – 16 November 1937 (Retired) | Venceslau Brás | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais |
| 62 | Hermenegildo de Barros | 15th | Saraiva | 26 July 1919 – 16 November 1937 (Retired) | Delfim Moreira | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais |
| 63 | Pedro dos Santos | 8th | Campos | 29 November 1919 – 18 February 1931 (Retired) | Epitácio Pessoa | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Bahia |
| 64 | Alfredo Pinto | 4th | Lessa | 21 September 1921 – 8 July 1923 (Died) | Epitácio Pessoa | Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs |
| 65 | Geminiano da Franca | 12th | Mendes | 22 November 1922 – 18 February 1931 (Retired) | Epitácio Pessoa | Chief Police of the Federal District |
| 66 | Arthur Ribeiro | 4th | A. Pinto | 6 August 1923 – 24 March 1936 (Died) | Artur Bernardes | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais |
| 67 | João Luís Alves | 13th | Espírito Santo | 24 January 1925 – 15 November 1925 (Died) | Artur Bernardes | Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs |
| 68 | Bento de Faria | 7th | Lacerda | 19 August 1925 – 25 May 1945 (Retired) | Artur Bernardes | Attorney |
| 69 | Herculano de Freitas | 13th | J. Alves | 28 January 1926 – 14 May 1926 (Died) | Artur Bernardes | Federal Deputy from São Paulo |
| 70 | Heitor de Sousa | 13th | Freitas | 2 July 1926 – 11 January 1929 (Died) | Artur Bernardes | Federal Deputy from Espírito Santo |
| 71 | Soriano Sousa | 1st | A. C. Albuquerque | 25 February 1927 – 20 July 1933 (Retired) | Washington Luís | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 72 | Cardoso Ribeiro | 3rd | Natal | 25 May 1927 – 16 May 1932 (Died) | Washington Luís | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 73 | Firmino Whitaker | 10th | V. Castro | 6 June 1927 – 5 March 1934 (Died) | Washington Luís | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 74 | Rodrigo Otávio | 13th | H. Sousa | 8 February 1929 – 7 February 1934 (Retired) | Washington Luís | Consultant General of the Republic |
| 75 | Eduardo Espínola | 8th | P. Santos | 13 May 1931 – 25 May 1945 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Attorney |
| 76 | Plínio Casado | 12th | Franca | 4 June 1931 – 1 October 1938 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Federal Interventor of Rio de Janeiro |
| 77 | Carvalho Mourão | 2nd | Ramos | 8 June 1931 – 10 December 1940 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Dean of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
| 78 | Laudo de Camargo | 3rd | C. Ribeiro | 9 June 1932 – 25 April 1951 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 79 | Costa Manso | 1st | S. Sousa | 28 August 1933 – 3 May 1939 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 80 | Otávio Kelly | 13th | Otávio | 14 February 1934 – 30 July 1942 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Federal judge |
| 81 | Ataulfo de Paiva | 10th | Whitaker | 20 March 1934 – 16 December 1937 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 82 | Carlos Maximiliano | 4th | A. Ribeiro | 4 May 1936 – 13 June 1941 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 83 | Armando de Alencar | 14th | Lins | 22 November 1937 – 6 May 1941 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 84 | Francisco Cunha Melo | 15th | Barros | 24 November 1937 – 1 April 1942 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Federal judge |
| 85 | José Linhares | 10th | A. Paiva | 24 December 1937 – 29 January 1956 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 86 | Washington de Oliveira | 12th | Casado | 12 October 1938 – 17 June 1940 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Federal judge |
| 87 | Barros Barreto | 1st | Manso | 17 May 1939 – 20 May 1963 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 88 | Aníbal Freire | 12th | W. Oliveira | 26 June 1940 – 17 May 1951 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Consultant General of the Republic |
| 89 | Castro Nunes | 2nd | Mourão | 18 December 1940 – 2 September 1949 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Minister of the Federal Court of Accounts |
| 90 | Orozimbo Nonato | 14th | Alencar | 21 May 1941 – 27 January 1960 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Consultant General of the Republic |
| 91 | Waldemar Falcão | 4th | Maximiliano | 18 June 1941 – 2 October 1946 (Died) | Getúlio Vargas | Minister of Labour |
| 92 | Goulart de Oliveira | 15th | C. Melo | 15 April 1942 – 28 May 1950 (Died) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 93 | Filadelfo e Azevedo | 13th | O. Kelly | 16 August 1942 – 26 January 1946 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Professor at the National Law School |
| 94 | Edgard Costa | 7th | B. Faria | 8 November 1945 – 19 January 1957 (Retired) | José Linhares | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 95 | Lafayette de Andrada | 8th | Espínola | 8 November 1945 – 3 February 1969 (Retired) | José Linhares | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 96 | Ribeiro da Costa | 13th | F. Azevedo | 30 January 1946 – 5 December 1966 (Retired) | José Linhares | Chief of Police of the Federal District |
| 97 | Hahnemann Guimarães | 4th | W. Falcão | 30 October 1946 – 3 October 1967 (Retired) | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 98 | Luís Gallotti | 2nd | Nunes | 22 September 1949 – 16 August 1974 (Retired) | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 99 | Rocha Lagoa | 15th | G. Oliveira | 16 June 1950 – 19 November 1960 (Retired) | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | Justice of the Federal Court of Appeals |
| 100 | Mário Guimarães | 3rd | Camargo | 28 May 1951 – 10 April 1956 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 101 | Nelson Hungria | 12th | Freire | 4 June 1951 – 11 April 1961 (Retired) | Getúlio Vargas | Desembargador of the Federal District Court of Appeals |
| 102 | Ary Franco | 10th | Linhares | 1 February 1956 – 17 July 1963 (Died) | Nereu Ramos | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro |
| 103 | Cândido Mota | 3rd | M. Guimarães | 2 May 1956 – 18 September 1967 (Retired) | Juscelino Kubitschek | President of the Republican Party |
| 104 | Antonio Vilas Boas | 7th | E. Costa | 20 February 1957 – 25 November 1966 (Retired) | Juscelino Kubitschek | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais |
| 105 | Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira | 14th | Nonato | 15 February 1960 – 3 February 1969 (Retired) | Juscelino Kubitschek | Consultant General of the Republic |
| 106 | Victor Nunes Leal | 15th | Lagoa | 7 December 1960 – 16 January 1969 (Retired) | Juscelino Kubitschek | Chief of Staff of the Presidency |
| 107 | Pedro Chaves | 12th | Hungria | 26 April 1961 – 5 June 1967 (Retired) | Jânio Quadros | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 108 | Hermes Lima | 1st | Barreto | 26 June 1963 – 19 January 1969 (Retired) | João Goulart | Prime Minister of Brazil |
| 109 | Evandro Lins e Silva | 10th | A. Franco | 4 September 1963 – 16 January 1969 (Retired) | João Goulart | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 110 | Adalício Nogueira | 16th | (new seat) | 25 November 1965 – 24 February 1972 (Retired) | Castelo Branco | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Bahia |
| 111 | Prado Kelly | 17th | (new seat) | 25 November 1965 – 18 January 1968 (Retired) | Castelo Branco | President of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil Federal Council |
| 112 | Osvaldo Trigueiro | 18th | (new seat) | 25 November 1965 – 3 January 1975 (Retired) | Castelo Branco | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 113 | Aliomar Baleeiro | 19th | (new seat) | 25 November 1965 – 2 May 1975 (Retired) | Castelo Branco | Federal Deputy from Guanabara |
| 114 | Carlos Medeiros | 20th | (new seat) | 25 November 1965 – 18 July 1966 (Resigned) | Castelo Branco | Federal Councillor of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil |
| 115 | Elói Rocha | 20th | Medeiros | 15 September 1966 – 3 June 1977 (Retired) | Castelo Branco | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul |
| 116 | Djaci Falcão | 7th | Vilas Boas | 21 February 1967 – 26 January 1989 (Retired) | Castelo Branco | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Pernambuco |
| 117 | Adauto Cardoso | 13th | R. Costa | 2 March 1967 – 18 March 1971 (Retired) | Castelo Branco | Federal Deputy from Guanabara |
| 118 | Barros Monteiro | 12th | Chaves | 7 July 1967 – 3 May 1974 (Died) | Costa e Silva | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 119 | Amaral Santos | 3rd | Mota | 18 October 1967 – 25 July 1972 (Retired) | Costa e Silva | Professor at the University of São Paulo |
| 120 | Themístocles Cavalcanti | 4th | H. Guimarães | 18 October 1967 – 14 October 1969 (Retired) | Costa e Silva | Deputy of the Constituent Assembly of Guanabara |
| 121 | Thompson Flores | 17th | P. Kelly | 14 March 1968 – 26 January 1981 (Retired) | Costa e Silva | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul |
| 122 | Bilac Pinto | 4th | T. Cavalcanti | 17 June 1970 – 9 February 1978 (Retired) | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Brazilian Ambassador to France |
| 123 | Antônio Neder | 13th | A. Cardoso | 28 April 1971 – 10 June 1981 (Retired) | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Justice of the Federal Court of Appeals |
| 124 | Xavier de Albuquerque | 16th | Nogueira | 19 April 1972 – 21 February 1983 (Retired) | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 125 | Rodrigues Alckmin | 3rd | A. Santos | 11 October 1972 – 6 November 1978 (Died) | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 126 | Leitão de Abreu | 12th | B. Monteiro | 17 June 1974 – 11 August 1981 (Retired) | Ernesto Geisel | Chief of Staff of the Presidency |
| 127 | Cordeiro Guerra | 2nd | L. Gallotti | 26 September 1974 – 18 March 1986 (Retired) | Ernesto Geisel | Prosecutor of Guanabara |
| 128 | Moreira Alves | 18th | Trigueiro | 20 June 1975 – 20 April 2003 (Retired) | Ernesto Geisel | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 129 | Cunha Peixoto | 19th | Baleeiro | 4 July 1975 – 9 December 1981 (Retired) | Ernesto Geisel | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais |
| 130 | Pedro Soares Muñoz | 20th | E. Rocha | 8 August 1977 – 5 November 1984 (Retired) | Ernesto Geisel | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul |
| 131 | Décio Miranda | 4th | B. Pinto | 27 June 1978 – 2 September 1985 (Retired) | Ernesto Geisel | Justice of the Federal Court of Appeals |
| 132 | Rafael Mayer | 3rd | Alckmin | 15 December 1978 – 14 March 1989 (Retired) | Ernesto Geisel | Consultant General of the Republic |
| 133 | Clóvis Ramalhete | 17th | Flores | 8 April 1981 – 25 February 1982 (Retired) | João Figueiredo | Consultant General of the Republic |
| 134 | Firmino Paz | 13th | Neder | 24 June 1981 – 17 July 1982 (Retired) | João Figueiredo | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 135 | Néri da Silveira | 12th | L. Abreu | 1 September 1981 – 24 April 2002 (Retired) | João Figueiredo | Justice of the Federal Court of Appeals |
| 136 | Alfredo Buzaid | 19th | C. Peixoto | 30 March 1982 – 20 July 1984 (Retired) | João Figueiredo | Minister of Justice |
| 137 | Oscar Correia | 17th | Ramalhete | 26 April 1982 – 17 January 1989 (Resigned) | João Figueiredo | Federal Councillor of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil |
| 138 | Aldir Passarinho | 13th | Paz | 2 September 1982 – 22 April 1991 (Retired) | João Figueiredo | Justice of the Federal Court of Appeals |
| 139 | Francisco Rezek | 16th | X. Albuquerque | 24 March 1983 – 15 March 1990 (Resigned) | João Figueiredo | Prosecutor of the Republic |
| 140 | Sydney Sanches | 19th | Buzaid | 31 August 1984 – 27 April 2003 (Retired) | João Figueiredo | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 141 | Octavio Gallotti | 20th | Muñoz | 20 November 1984 – 28 October 2000 (Retired) | João Figueiredo | Minister of the Federal Court of Accounts |
| 142 | Carlos Madeira | 4th | Miranda | 19 September 1985 – 17 March 2000 (Retired) | José Sarney | Justice of the Federal Court of Appeals |
| 143 | Célio Borja | 2nd | C. Guerra | 14 April 1986 – 31 March 1992 (Resigned) | José Sarney | Special advisor to the Presidency |
| 144 | Paulo Brossard | 7th | D. Falcão | 5 April 1989 – 24 October 1994 (Retired) | José Sarney | Minister of Justice |
| 145 | Sepúlveda Pertence | 17th | O. Correia | 17 May 1989 – 17 August 2007 (Retired) | José Sarney | Prosecutor General of the Republic |
| 146 | Celso de Mello | 3rd | Mayer | 17 August 1989 – 13 October 2020 (Retired) | José Sarney | Prosecutor of São Paulo |
| 147 | Marco Aurélio Mello | 4th | Madeira | 13 June 1990 – 12 July 2021 (Retired) | José Sarney | Justice of the Superior Labour Court |
| 148 | Carlos Velloso | 16th | Rezek | 13 June 1990 – 19 January 2006 (Retired) | Fernando Collor | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 149 | Ilmar Galvão | 13th | Passarinho | 26 June 1991 – 3 May 2003 (Retired) | Fernando Collor | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 150 | Francisco Rezek | 2nd | Borja | 21 May 1992 – 5 February 1997 (Retired) | Fernando Collor | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 151 | Maurício Corrêa | 7th | Brossard | 15 December 1994 – 8 May 2004 (Retired) | Itamar Franco | Minister of Justice |
| 152 | Nelson Jobim | 2nd | Rezek | 15 April 1997 – 29 March 2006 (Retired) | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Minister of Justice |
| 153 | Ellen Gracie | 20th | O. Gallotti | 14 December 2000 – 8 August 2011 (Retired) | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Desembargadora of the Reginal Federal Court of the 4th Region |
| 154 | Gilmar Mendes | 12th | Silveira | 20 June 2002 – Incumbent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Attorney General of the Union |
| 155 | Ayres Britto | 13th | Galvão | 25 June 2003 – 18 November 2012 (Retired) | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Professor at the Federal University of Sergipe |
| 156 | Joaquim Barbosa | 18th | M. Alves | 25 June 2003 – 31 July 2014 (Retired) | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Prosecutor of the Republic |
| 157 | Cezar Peluso | 19th | Sanches | 25 June 2003 – 3 September 2012 (Retired) | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 158 | Eros Grau | 7th | M. Corrêa | 30 June 2004 – 2 August 2010 (Retired) | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Professor at the University of São Paulo |
| 159 | Ricardo Lewandowski | 16th | Velloso | 16 March 2006 – 11 April 2023 (Retired) | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Desembargador of the Court of Justice of São Paulo |
| 160 | Cármen Lúcia | 2nd | Jobim | 21 June 2006 – Incumbent | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Prosecutor of Minas Gerais |
| 161 | Menezes Direito | 17th | Pertence | 5 September 2007 – 1 September 2009 (Died) | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 162 | Dias Toffoli | 17th | Direito | 23 October 2009 – Incumbent | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Attorney General of the Union |
| 163 | Luiz Fux | 7th | Grau | 2 March 2011 – Incumbent | Dilma Rousseff | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 164 | Rosa Weber | 20th | Gracie | 19 December 2011 – 30 September 2023 (Retired) | Dilma Rousseff | Justice of the Superior Labour Court |
| 165 | Teori Zavascki | 19th | Peluso | 29 November 2012 – 19 January 2017 (Died) | Dilma Rousseff | Justice of the Superior Court of Justice |
| 166 | Luís Roberto Barroso | 13th | Britto | 26 June 2013 – Incumbent | Dilma Rousseff | Prosecutor of Rio de Janeiro |
| 167 | Edson Fachin | 18th | Barbosa | 16 June 2015 – Incumbent | Dilma Rousseff | Professor at the Federal University of Paraná |
| 168 | Alexandre de Moraes | 19th | Zavascki | 22 March 2017 – Incumbent | Michel Temer | Minister of Justice |
| 169 | Nunes Marques | 3rd | C. Mello | 5 November 2020 – Incumbent | Jair Bolsonaro | Desembargador of the Regional Federal Court of the 1st Region |
| 170 | André Mendonça | 4th | M. A. Mello | 16 December 2021 – Incumbent | Jair Bolsonaro | Attorney General of the Union |
| 171 | Cristiano Zanin | 16th | Lewandowski | 3 August 2023 – Incumbent | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Attorney |
| 172 | Flávio Dino | 20th | Weber | 22 February 2024 – Incumbent | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Minister of Justice |
Legend
| Ministers who were also STF presidents | Current member and former president of STF | Member and current president of STF |
| Current STF member | Member and current vice-president of STF |
* AI-6. $^^$ Seat closed by AI-6 in 1969.
* D-1931. $^^$ Seat closed by decree nº 19.711 in 1931.
* AI-2. $^^$ Seat created by AI-2 in 1965.