Kukina takes office at the STJ on February 6th.
After being chosen from a shortlist of three candidates and undergoing a Senate hearing, the new minister was appointed by President Dilma Rousseff.
Luana Lourenço
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Brasilia - The new Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Sérgio Luiz Kukina, will be sworn in on February 6th. After being chosen from a shortlist of three candidates and undergoing a Senate hearing, the new Justice was appointed by President Dilma Rousseff. He will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Hamilton Carvalhido.
Kukina, a Public Prosecutor for the Public Ministry of Paraná, worked in the Civil Appeals Coordination Office of the agency, which is responsible for appeals to higher courts.
A native of Pará, the new STJ minister is a specialist in copyright law and the rights of children and adolescents. Kukina holds a master's degree in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná and is a professor at the School of the Public Prosecutor's Office (Fempar) and the School of the Judiciary (Emap).