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The Department of Justice (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines. It is the government's principal law agency, serving as its legal counsel and prosecution arm. [2]
The secretary of justice (Filipino: kalihim ng katarungan) is the head of the Department of Justice and is a member of the president's Cabinet. [ 1 ] The current secretary is Jesus Crispin Remulla , who assumed office on June 30, 2022.
James R. McHenry III is an American lawyer who is the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer in the U.S. Department of Justice. [1] He has been serving as the acting U.S. Attorney General since January 20, 2025, [2] when he was appointed by President Trump to temporarily fill the spot until Trump's nominee, Pam Bondi is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
A veteran American police officer, Capt. Thomas Duggan of the New York Police Department (NYPD), and the only Filipino member of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Flaviano Guerrero, were hired by the Philippine government to organize the Division of Investigation of the Department of Justice. [6]
Jesus Crispin "Boying" Catibayan Remulla (Tagalog pronunciation: [rɛˈmuljɐ]; born March 31, 1961) [citation needed] is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Secretary of Justice since 2022 in the Cabinet of President Bongbong Marcos.
The Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines (Filipino: Tanggapan ng Taga-usig Panlahat), formerly known as the Bureau of Justice, is an independent and autonomous office attached to the Department of Justice. The OSG is headed by Menardo Guevarra. The Office of the Solicitor General is the "law firm" of the Republic of the Philippines.
It is an attached agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ). It is led by the Chief Public Attorney Persida Acosta, [3] who was appointed to the position on February 23, 2001 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Alexander Gahon Gesmundo (born November 6, 1956) is serving as the chief justice of the Philippines since April 5, 2021. He replaced Diosdado Peralta , who retired early on March 27, 2021. [ 1 ] He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2021.