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Jorge Messias

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Araújo and the second or paternal family name is Messias.
Jorge Messias
Messias in 2024
Attorney General of the Union
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byBruno Bianco
Personal details
BornJorge Rodrigo Araújo Messias
(1980-02-25) 25 February 1980 (age 45)
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Alma materFederal University of Pernambuco (LL.B.)
University of Brasília (LL.M., LL.D.)
ProfessionAttorney

Jorge Rodrigo Araújo Messias (born 25 February 1980) is a Brazilian attorney, incumbent Attorney General of Brazil nominated by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.[1] He joined the Attorney General's Office in 2007 as prosecutor of National Finances[2] and served as deputy chief for legal affairs of the Chief of Staff during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff.[3]

Messias also worked as prosecutor in the Central Bank of Brazil and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), legal consultant in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, secretary of regulation and oversight of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, deputy chief of government political analysis and follow-up in the Chief of Staff and parliamentary assistant to senator Jaques Wagner.[4]

He gained notoriety in 2016, after being mentioned in a phone call recording between then-president Dilma Rousseff and former president Lula, who was being investigated as part of Operation Car Wash and was nominated, but not yet sworn-in, as Chief of Staff. In an audio leaked by judge Sergio Moro,[5] Dilma informed that she would forward, through "Bessias" (Rousseff was sick), the term of office for use "in case of need".[6]

Regarding the mention in the call, Messias stated that, in that occasion, he was an assistant at the Presidency fulfilling his role[7] and that the publishing of a cut and out of context audio aimed to destabilize Rousseff's administration.[8][9][10]

Messias is Bachelor of Laws at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) and Master of Development, Society and International Cooperation at University of Brasília (UnB).[11]

In November 2022, Messias was the most voted by his peers in a sixfold list for the office of Attorney General of the Union, made by the National Union of National Finances Prosecutors (Sinprofaz), the National Association of Members of the Attorney General of the Union (Anajur) and the National Association of the Attorneys of the Union (Anauni).[12]

On 20 November 2025, president Lula nominated Messias for the Supreme Federal Court, succeeding Luís Roberto Barroso.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Decreto de 1° de janeiro de 2023". Diário Oficial da União (in Brazilian Portuguese). Imprensa Nacional. 1 January 2023. p. 1. ISSN 1677-7050. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Jorge Messias anuncia a criação da Procuradoria de Defesa da Democracia na AGU". Gov.br (in Portuguese). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ Mazui, Guilherme (22 December 2022). "Jorge Messias é anunciado por Lula como ministro da AGU; veja perfil". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ Viriato, Ana (2 December 2022). "O retorno do 'Bessias': petista que ficou famoso no governo Dilma volta à cena com Lula". Isto É (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ Castro, Fernando; Nunes, Samuel; Netto, Vladimir (16 March 2016). "Moro derruba sigilo e divulga grampo de ligação entre Lula e Dilma; ouça". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Íntegra da transcrição da conversa entre Lula e Dilma". Metrópoles (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  7. ^ Araújo, Carla (22 December 2022). "Novo AGU de Lulka quer deixar de ser 'Bessias de Dilma' e fazer voo solo". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  8. ^ Mattos, Marcela (28 January 2023). "A redenção do "Bessias", o novo advogado-geral da União". Veja (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  9. ^ Turollo Jr., Reynaldo (10 November 2022). "'Bessias' de áudio de Dilma é cotado para ministério de Lula". Veja (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Moro divulga conversa entre Lula e Dilma: Manifestantes antigoverno tomam ruas de capitais". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  11. ^ Xavier, Getulio (22 December 2022). "Conheça Jorge Messias, o novo advogado-geral da União". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Jorge Messias, ex-assessor de Dilma, lidera lista sêxtupla para AGU no governo Lula". Consultor Jurídico (in Portuguese). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  13. ^ Boechat, Gabriela (20 November 2025). "Quem é Jorge Messias, novo ministro do STF indicado por Lula". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
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