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Teresita de Castro | |
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| 24th Chief Justice of the Philippines | |
| In office August 28, 2018 – October 10, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Maria Lourdes Sereno (De facto) Renato Corona (De jure) |
| Succeeded by | Lucas Bersamin |
| 160th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| In office December 3, 2007 – August 28, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Cancio Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Rosmari Carandang |
| 4th Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan | |
| In office September 8, 1997 – December 3, 2007 | |
| Appointed by | Fidel V. Ramos |
| Preceded by | Romulo Quimbo |
| Succeeded by | Ediberto Sandoval (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teresita Jose Leonardo October 10, 1948 Manila, Philippines |
| Spouse | Eduardo de Castro |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines (AB, LLB) |
Teresita Leonardo de Castro (born Teresita Jose Leonardo; October 10, 1948)[1][2] is a Filipina who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28, 2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor, Maria Lourdes Sereno, was removed via a quo warranto petition (by declaring Sereno a de facto chief justice and making her 2012 appointment null and void ab initio); making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice, and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.[3]
De Castro officially retired on October 10, 2018, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70; merely 46 days after serving as Chief Justice, surpassing the record of former Chief Justice Pedro Yap of being the shortest-tenured Chief Justice.[4]
Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,[5] she had been the Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan.[6]
- ^ Profile on Website Supreme Court of the Philippines
- ^ Lian Buan, De Castro ends chief justice stint, leaves gifts to court workers, Rappler.com (October 8, 2018)
- ^ "Teresita Leonardo de Castro is new Chief Justice". CNN Philippines. August 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ^ "Teresita Leonardo-De Castro is new Supreme Court chief". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ "De Castro Appointed SC Associate Justice". ABS-CBN News. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-12-03. [dead link]
- ^ tan.org.ph, APPLICANTS TO THE SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE POST
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