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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Sergio Moro
|image       = Abertura do ano judiciário - Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) (cropped).jpg
|caption     = Moro in 2020
|office      = [[Brazilian Senate|Senator]] for [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]]
|term_label  = Assuming office
|term        = 1 February 2023
|office1     = [[List of Ministers of Justice of Brazil|Minister of Justice and Public Security]]
|president1  = [[Jair Bolsonaro]]
|term_start1 = 1 January 2019
|term_end1   = 24 April 2020
|predecessor1 = [[Torquato Jardim]] {{small|(Justice)}}<br>[[Raul Jungmann]] {{small|([[Ministry of the Public Security (Brazil)|Public Security]])}}
|successor1   = [[André Mendonça]]
|birth_name  = Sergio Fernando Moro
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|8|1}}
|birth_place = [[Maringá]], [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]], Brazil
|death_date  = 
|death_place = 
|party       = [[Podemos (Brazil)|Podemos]] (2021–2022)<br>[[Brazil Union]] (2022–present)
|spouse      = {{marriage|Rosângela Wolff|1999}}
|children    = 2
|alma_mater  = [[State University of Maringá]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])<br>[[Federal University of Paraná]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
|signature   = Dr Moro do Brazil.png
}}
'''Sergio Fernando Moro'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/brazilian-judge-sergio-moro-receives-notre-dame-award/ | title=Brazilian Judge Sergio Moro Receives Notre Dame Award |first=Dennis |last=Brown |publisher=[[University of Notre Dame]] |date=2 October 2017 |accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref> ({{IPA-pt|ˈsɛʁʒju ˈmoɾu}}; born 1 August 1972) is a Brazilian [[jurist]], former [[federal judge]], [[Professor|college professor]] and [[politician]]. He was one of the lead judges in [[Operation Car Wash]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/business/international/effects-of-petrobras-scandal-leave-brazilians-lamenting-a-lost-dream.html?_r=0 |title=Effects of Petrobras scandal leave Brazilians lamenting a lost dream |date=9 August 2015 |website=The New York Times |url-access=limited |access-date=15 July 2017 |quote="If any good has come from the Petrobras debacle it is the flickering sense that this time could be different. Part of the reason is the work of Judge Sérgio Moro, who is overseeing the investigation, officially known as Operação Lava Jato, or Operation Carwash."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Fernanda|last=Cruz|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2015-08/sergio-moro-fighting-corruption-should-bring-benefits-brazil|title=Sergio Moro fighting corruption should bring benefits to Brazil|date=31 August 2015|website=[[Agência Brasil]] |access-date=15 July 2017}}"Federal Judge Sérgio Moro, in charge of the proceedings opened under Operation Car Wash"..."The judge reported that the evidence gathered during the operation as well as the allegations given under plea bargain indicate that the payment of bribes through contracts at Petrobras was a common practice."</ref> Moro was also [[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil)|Minister of Justice and Public Security]] under the [[Jair Bolsonaro]] administration from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/geral/noticia/2016/04/a-historia-de-sergio-moro-o-juiz-que-sacudiu-o-brasil-com-a-lava-jato-5784184.html|title=A história de Sergio Moro, o juiz que sacudiu o Brasil com a Lava-Jato|work=GaúchaZH|access-date=2018-11-16|language=pt-BR}}</ref> 

He briefly ran for [[President of Brazil]] in the [[2022 Brazilian general election|2022 election]]. Instead, he successfully ran for [[Brazilian Senate|Senator]] of [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]].

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