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Antonio Palocci
Antonio Palocci Filho
Former Minister of Finance (2003–2006) and Chief of Staff (2011); signed a cooperation agreement with the Federal Police.
Being in this archive does not mean having committed any wrongdoing. Procedural status: see each case and episode, with date.
Positions and roles
- Minister of Finance (2003-01-01–2006-03-27)
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Palocci was a city councilman in Ribeirão Preto (1988–1989), state deputy (SP, 1990–1992), mayor of Ribeirão Preto (1993–1996 and 2001–2002), federal deputy (SP, 1999–2000), Finance Minister from January 1, 2003 to March 27, 2006 and Chief of Staff (Casa Civil) from January 1 to June 7, 2011.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
- Chief of Staff (Casa Civil) (2011-01-01–2011-06-07)
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Palocci was a city councilman in Ribeirão Preto (1988–1989), state deputy (SP, 1990–1992), mayor of Ribeirão Preto (1993–1996 and 2001–2002), federal deputy (SP, 1999–2000), Finance Minister from January 1, 2003 to March 27, 2006 and Chief of Staff (Casa Civil) from January 1 to June 7, 2011.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
- Mayor of Ribeirão Preto (2001–2002)
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Palocci was a city councilman in Ribeirão Preto (1988–1989), state deputy (SP, 1990–1992), mayor of Ribeirão Preto (1993–1996 and 2001–2002), federal deputy (SP, 1999–2000), Finance Minister from January 1, 2003 to March 27, 2006 and Chief of Staff (Casa Civil) from January 1 to June 7, 2011.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
Party affiliations
- PT (1980–2017-09-26)
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Palocci was a member of the PT from 1980 to 2017; he asked to disaffiliate by letter on September 26, 2017, accepted the same day.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Party · open original ↗
Cases
- Lava Jato criminal case against Antonio Palocci (13th Court) — defendant · status as of Oct. 24, 2026: Annulled by a single-justice decision of February 19, 2025; PGR appeal (March 10, 2025) with no result found on October 24, 2026.
Episodes
Documented links
- Sergio Moro convicted Antonio Palocci: Palocci's conviction by Moro on June 26, 2017 (12 years, according to the entry); annulled by Toffoli on February 19, 2025 (PGR appeal of March 10, 2025 pending as of the source date).
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Palocci was arrested by the PF on September 26, 2016 (Operation Omertà, 35th phase), became a defendant in November 2016 and was convicted by Moro on June 26, 2017 (12 years, according to the entry); on November 29, 2018 he moved to semi-open house arrest on the basis of the cooperation agreement.
Judicial or administrative decisionSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Lava Jato · open original ↗
On February 19, 2025, Justice Dias Toffoli annulled all cases against Palocci, citing precedents on Moro's bias; on March 10, 2025 the PGR (Paulo Gonet) appealed.
Judicial or administrative decisionSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Lava Jato · open original ↗
- TRF4 relationship with Antonio Palocci: The TRF4 approved, in June 2018, Palocci's cooperation agreement with the PF.
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Palocci signed a cooperation agreement with the PF in April 2018, which the TRF4 approved in June 2018; a proposal made to the MPF in 2017 did not advance.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement · open original ↗
- Dias Toffoli annulled a decision by Antonio Palocci: On February 19, 2025 he annulled all Lava Jato cases against Palocci, citing precedents on Moro's partiality; the PGR appealed on March 10, 2025.
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On February 19, 2025, Justice Dias Toffoli annulled all cases against Palocci, citing precedents on Moro's bias; on March 10, 2025 the PGR (Paulo Gonet) appealed.
Judicial or administrative decisionSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Lava Jato · open original ↗
- Antonio Palocci signed an agreement with PF: Plea cooperation agreement with the PF signed in April 2018 and approved by the TRF4 in June 2018. Record of the fact of the agreement; what Palocci stated is not treated as proven.
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Palocci signed a cooperation agreement with the PF in April 2018, which the TRF4 approved in June 2018; a proposal made to the MPF in 2017 did not advance.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement · open original ↗
- Antonio Palocci joined Workers' Party: Member of the PT from 1980 to September 26, 2017 (requested disaffiliation by letter, accepted the same day).
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Palocci was a member of the PT from 1980 to 2017; he asked to disaffiliate by letter on September 26, 2017, accepted the same day.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Party · open original ↗
- Antonio Palocci was subordinate to Lula: Finance Minister in the Lula government from January 1, 2003 to March 27, 2006 (hierarchical link of office; does not imply wrongdoing).
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Palocci was a city councilman in Ribeirão Preto (1988–1989), state deputy (SP, 1990–1992), mayor of Ribeirão Preto (1993–1996 and 2001–2002), federal deputy (SP, 1999–2000), Finance Minister from January 1, 2003 to March 27, 2006 and Chief of Staff (Casa Civil) from January 1 to June 7, 2011.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
According to the entry, Lula was President of the Republic from January 1, 2003 to January 1, 2011, Chief of Staff (Casa Civil) from March 17 to March 18, 2016 (Dilma Rousseff government) and has been president since January 1, 2023; he was a federal deputy for SP in 1987–1991 and has been a member of the PT since 1980.
News reportSingle sourceSource: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · infobox · open original ↗
Evidence mentioning Antonio Palocci
Gilmar Mendes extended the finding that Moro was biased to the criminal cases on the Atibaia ranch and the Lula Institute properties, on grounds of factual and legal identity, equality and legal certainty (art. 580 of the CPP), mentioning among the common facts the forced appearance for questioning, the interceptions and the lifting of secrecy over Antonio Palocci's plea agreement during the 2018 campaign.
Source: Ministro Gilmar Mendes estende suspeição de Moro em relação a Lula a mais duas ações penais — Supreme Federal Court, June 24, 2021 · body of the news item · open original ↗
On October 1, 2018, six days before the first round, Moro lifted secrecy over Antonio Palocci's Cooperation Statement 1, filed in the Lava Jato criminal case in which Lula was a defendant (the apartment in São Bernardo do Campo and the Lula Institute lot).
Source: A 6 dias das eleições, Moro quebra sigilo de delação de Palocci — Exame (Estadão Conteúdo), Oct. 1, 2018 · body of the article · open original ↗
In the decision extending the bias ruling to Atibaia and the Lula Institute, Gilmar Mendes included the lifting of secrecy over Antonio Palocci's plea agreement during the 2018 campaign among the acts he pointed to as part of a 'scenario' of biased conduct by Moro.
Source: Ministro Gilmar Mendes estende suspeição de Moro em relação a Lula a mais duas ações penais — Supreme Federal Court, June 24, 2021 · section on grounds · open original ↗
Palocci was a city councilman in Ribeirão Preto (1988–1989), state deputy (SP, 1990–1992), mayor of Ribeirão Preto (1993–1996 and 2001–2002), federal deputy (SP, 1999–2000), Finance Minister from January 1, 2003 to March 27, 2006 and Chief of Staff (Casa Civil) from January 1 to June 7, 2011.
Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
Palocci was a member of the PT from 1980 to 2017; he asked to disaffiliate by letter on September 26, 2017, accepted the same day.
Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Party · open original ↗
Palocci was arrested by the PF on September 26, 2016 (Operation Omertà, 35th phase), became a defendant in November 2016 and was convicted by Moro on June 26, 2017 (12 years, according to the entry); on November 29, 2018 he moved to semi-open house arrest on the basis of the cooperation agreement.
Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Lava Jato · open original ↗
Palocci signed a cooperation agreement with the PF in April 2018, which the TRF4 approved in June 2018; a proposal made to the MPF in 2017 did not advance.
Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement · open original ↗
On February 19, 2025, Justice Dias Toffoli annulled all cases against Palocci, citing precedents on Moro's bias; on March 10, 2025 the PGR (Paulo Gonet) appealed.
Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Lava Jato · open original ↗