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 (1822âÂÂ1889).
STF, in its initial composition had fifteen ministers. Decree n.ú 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.
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