Luiz Fux is a Brazilian judge

Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

. He was appointed justice minister of the Supreme Federal Court by President Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Vana Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil. She is the first woman to hold the office. Prior to that, in 2005, she was also the first woman to become Chief of Staff of Brazil, appointed by then President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva....

 and had his nomination approved by the Senate

Senate of Brazil

The Federal Senate of Brazil is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. Created by the first Constitution of the Brazilian Empire in 1824, it was inspired by the United Kingdom's House of Lords, but with the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 it became closer to the United States...

. He is of Romanian Jewish extraction, and the first Jewish Brazilian (actually, the first Jewish Brazilian at STF is minister Lewandowski) member of the Court.

He was a minister of the Superior Court of Justice

Superior Court of Justice (Brazil)

The Superior Court of Justice is the highest appellate court in Brazil for non-constitutional questions of federal law. The STJ also has original jurisdiction over some cases...

before assuming his position at the Supreme Federal Court.