Brazil’s federal senate approved the appointment of Alexandre de Moraes as a supreme court judge by 55 votes to 13 on 22 February. He will now take up the place of Teori Zavascki, who died in a plane crash last month. Until his appointment by President Michel Temer he served as justice minister and in his confirmation hearing by the senate’s constitution and justice committee he was repeatedly questioned over both his close ties to the government and his actions as minister. Such is the Temer administration’s dominance of the legislature, however, Moraes passed the test comfortably.End of preview - This article contains approximately 527 words.
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