Augusto Aras

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Antônio Augusto Brandão de Aras (born 4 December 1958) is a Brazilian attorney, former sub-Prosecutor-General of Brazil, professor in the Law School of University of Brasília (UnB) and had served as Prosecutor General of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He is Bachelor of Laws by the Catholic University of Salvador, Master of Economic Laws by Federal University of Bahia, and Doctor of Constitutional Laws by Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. He teaches electoral laws and private laws in UnB. Is a member of the Public Prosecutor's Office since 1987. On 5 September 2019, he was appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro to be Prosecutor General of Brazil despite not being one of the names in the triple list voted by members of the Public Prosecutor's Office. His name was approved by the Senate on 25 September 2019, and he was sworn in on the 26 September 2019.