Question: Facts: - appointer: joao baptista figueiredo fernando collor de mello - successor: carlos velloso nelson jobim celso lafer - predecessor: xavier de albuquerque celio borja - office: supreme brazil federal court justice minister of external relations of - term end: march 14 , 1990 february 5 , 1997 - term start: march 15 , 1990 24 , 1983 may 21 , 1992 march - birth date: 18 january 1944 - name: francisco rezek - image: rezek2006.jpg - birth place: cristina , minas gerais , brazil - alma mater: federal university of minas gerais Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francisco rezek .
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jose francisco rezek -lrb- born january 18 , 1944 in cristina -rrb- is a brazilian judge who served as a member of the international court of justice , based in the hague , netherlands , from 1996 to 2006 .his surname '' rezek '' comes from lebanon .he earned his ll.b and d.e.s degrees from the federal university of minas gerais -lrb- belo horizonte -rrb- and practised as a lawyer for a few years .he then obtained his phd degree from l'universite de paris-sorbonne in the 1970s .he followed his academic career on to england , earning a diploma in law at oxford university in 1979 -lrb- wolfson college -rrb- , after undertaking extension courses and research at harvard university -lrb- 1965 -rrb- and at the hague academy of international law -lrb- 1968 -rrb- .he was a professor of international law and constitutional law at the university of brasilia from 1971 to 1997 and later became chair of the department of law , serving from 1974 to 1976 and dean of the faculty of social studies from 1978 to 1979 .he moved to rio de janeiro and held professorships in international law at rio branco institute -lrb- the official diplomatic school of brazil -rrb- from 1976 to 1997 .rezek was a lecturer at the hague academy of international law in 1986 and at the institute of international public law and international relations in thessaloniki , greece in 1989 .rezek is also the president of several conferences , a lecturer and an examiner for professorship contests in the leading brazilian universities -lrb- since 1971 -rrb- .he is currently professor of international law theory at university center of brasilia -lrb- uniceub -rrb- .he became attorney of the republic at the supreme court of brazil in 1972 ; and deputy attorney-general of the republic from 1979 to 1983 .he then became justice of the supreme court of brazil , appointed by the president with the approval of the senate , in march , 1983 , at the age of 39 .he resigned in march 1990 and was appointed again in april , 1992 for life , but retired in 1997...