Rosa Weber

Rosa Maria Pires Weber (born 2 October 1948) is a Brazilian magistrate, former justice and former president of the Supreme Federal Court, former president of the Superior Electoral Court and former justice of the Superior Labor Court.

Academic career

Rosa Weber was approved in first place in a vestibular exam to course Law at the Law School of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She graduated in 1971, also in first place, and received an "academic laureate Prof. Brochado da Rocha". At the same university, she took a university extension course on Preparation for Judiciary in 1972 and for Labour Procedure in 1974. She was professor at the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul between 1989 and 1990.

Judiciary career

She had served as protocol assistant at the Sectional Inspectorate of the Ministry of Education, in Porto Alegre, in 1968; superior assistant of the State Department of Administration of Rio Grande do Sul, from 1974 to 1975; and labour auditor at the Regional Labour Police Station of Rio Grande do Sul, from 1975 to 1976.

Labour Justice

She joined the judiciary in 1976, by a civil service examination, as substitute labour judge. In 1991, Weber was promoted for the second degree of jurisdiction, becoming desembargadora of the Regional Labour Court of the 4th Region. She held many administrative positions before reaching the court's presidency, serving from 2001 to 2003.

In 2006, she was appointed by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for the position of justice of the Superior Labour Court, from a triple list voted by the court's members, for a position for career judges. After hearing on the Senate, her nomination was approved in a voting of 44–7. She was sworn in on 21 February 2006.