Maria de Fátima Coronel

Maria de Fátima Coronel is a Cape Verdean lawyer and jurist who has been President of the Supreme Court of Justice since 2015.

Coronel served as a Magistrate, before becoming Attorney General and a Judge in criminal courts in Santa Catarina and Praia.[1] She is not aligned with any political party and has been seen as an "exemplary" judge.[2][3] She has been a Supreme Court judge since at least 2007.[4]

Coronel was nominated President of the Supreme Court of Justice by President Jorge Carlos Fonseca in November 2015, and affirmed by her judicial colleagues, the first woman to take on the position.[2]

References
  1. "Fátima Coronel pode ser primeira mulher Presidente do STJ". ASemana (in Portuguese). 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. "Maria de Fátima Coronel tomou posse como presidente do Supremo". Expresso Das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 6 November 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "Fátima Coronel será primeira mulher a liderar Supremo em Cabo Verde" (in Portuguese). Sapo 24. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. "Supreme Court judge robbed at gunpoint in front of her own home". ASemana. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.


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