Cyro Pestana

Cyro Pestana (Porto Alegre, November 17, 1898 — Porto Alegre, May 1, 1982) was a Brazilian jurist and magistrate.

Son of the Brazilian republican leader Augusto Pestana, he graduated in 1919 from the National Law School of Rio de Janeiro. Pestana began his career as a judge in the State of Rio Grande do Sul in the early 1920s. He was the chief judicial authority in the legal districts of São Sebastião do Caí, Soledade, São Gabriel, São Vicente do Sul, São Borja, Cachoeira do Sul, Santa Maria and Porto Alegre. Pestana was appointed Justice of the Rio Grande do Sul Supreme Court in 1952 and Chief Justice of the Regional Electoral Court in 1961. He retired in 1968. A conservative, he was a fierce opponent of the nationalization policies of Governor Leonel Brizola from 1959 to 1963 ^[1].

References

1. ^ Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. "Ata dos Trabalhos da Sessão de 12 de maio de 1982". Porto Alegre, 1982.