José Afonso da Silva

José Afonso da Silva was born in Pompéu on April 30, 1925. He graduated from the University of São Paulo in 1957.^[1]

He served as a prosecutor for the State of São Paulo, in addition to having been Secretary of Public Security of the State of São Paulo from 1995 to 1999. He participated as a legal advisor to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988.^[1]

On October 25, 2010, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Ipiranga by the Government of the State of São Paulo.^[2] On May 28, 2016, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Brazilian Academy of Constitutional Law.^[3]

Silva died on November 25, 2025, at the age of 100.^[4]