Luís Inácio Adams

Luís Inácio Lucena Adams (born 2 March 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer who was appointed to be Brazil's Attorney General on 23 October 2009.^[1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lucena and the second or paternal family name is Adams.

Luís Inácio Adams
Attorney General of Brazil
In office 23 October 2009 – 3 March 2016
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Dias Toffoli
Succeeded by	José Eduardo Cardozo
Personal details
Born	(1965-03-02) 2 March 1965 (age 59) Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Adams earned his LL.B from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, the capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and later pursued an LL.M. from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in Florianópolis, the capital of the State of Santa Catarina.^[2]

He was attorney for the National Treasury from 1993. In 2006, assumed leadership of the Attorney General of the Treasury. Both posts are held in Brasília, the capital of Brazil.^[3]

References

1. Globo.com. "Luís Inácio Adams toma posse no cargo de Advogado-Geral da União". (in Portuguese)
2. Luís Inácio Adams toma posse na AGU nesta sexta (in Portuguese)
3. Luís Inácio na Advocacia Geral da União (in Portuguese)

Political offices
Preceded by Dias Toffoli	Attorney General of the Union 2009–2016	Succeeded by José Eduardo Cardozo