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The Solicitor-General of the Union (Advogado-Geral da União) represents the Brazilian Union before national courts and also provides legal advising to the Brazilian executive branch.

The legal representation of the Union, performed by the Solicitor-General's Office, also known as AGU (from Portuguese Advocacia-Geral da União), is defined by the 1988 Brazilian Constitution as one of the essential functions of the Brazilian judicial administration, alongside with the roles performed by the judicial branch, the prosecution service, the public defenders and private lawyers.

All Solicitors of the Union must be bar members. The Solicitor-General takes part of the Brazilian cabinet with the rank of a Minister, and is nominated by the President of the Republic, after its indication is approved by the Senate. To be appointed, the Solicitor-General must be at least 35 years old.

The Office of the Solicitor-General of the Union was created in 1993 with the main purpose of separating the activities performed by the federal prosecution service from the activities related to the legal representation and advising of the Union.

[edit] List of Brazilian Silicitors-General of the Union

Solicitor-General	Date of service	Appointed by
José de Castro Ferreira	February 1993—May 1993	President Itamar Franco
Alexandre de Paula Dupeyrat Martins	May 1993—June 1993
Tarcísio Carlos de Almeida Cunha	June 1993—July 1993
Geraldo Magela da Cruz Quintão	July 1993—December 1994
	January 1995—January 2000	President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Walter do Carmo Barletta	January 2000
Gilmar Ferreira Mendes	January 2000—June 2002
José Bonifácio Borges de Andrada	June 2002—December 2002
Álvaro Augusto Ribeiro Costa	January 2003—March 2007	President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
José Antônio Dias Toffoli	March 2007—October 2009
Luis Inácio Lucena Adams	October 2009—present

[edit] See also

• Solicitor General
• Attorney General in Brazil
• Attorney General

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Brazilian Solicitor-General's Office (in Portuguese)