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The Solicitor General is the principal law officer and legal defender of the Republic of the Philippines. He shall have the authority and responsibility for the exercise of the Office's mandate and for the discharge of its duties and functions, and shall have supervision and control over the Office and its constituent units. [ 2 ]
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra (born May 23, [citation needed] 1954) [1] is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno ...
Jose Callangan Calida (born July 7, 1950) [1] is a Filipino lawyer. He previously served as Undersecretary of Justice and executive director of Dangerous Drugs Board under the Arroyo administration, as Solicitor General under the Duterte administration, and as Chairman of Commission on Audit (COA) under the Marcos administration.
Francis H. Jardeleza (born September 26, 1949) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. [1] He served as Solicitor General of the Philippines from 2012 to 2014, and was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III to the High Court on August 19, 2014.
Pages in category "Solicitors general of the Philippines" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
But importantly, they convinced President Corazon C. Aquino to appoint him as the youngest Solicitor General, from 1987 to 1992. As SolGen, he worked for the winning of 74 of the 81 government/policy cases decided by the Philippine Supreme Court. At the end of his term, President Aquino thanked him “most sincerely for the services you have ...
Senator of the Philippines; In office December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1971: Solicitor General of the Philippines; In office July 1, 1945 – December 30, 1947: President: Sergio Osmeña Manuel Roxas: Preceded by: Sixto dela Costa: Succeeded by: Manuel Lim: In office July 1, 1940 – June 30, 1941: President: Manuel L. Quezon: Preceded by ...
A solicitor general is a government official who serves as the chief representative of the government in courtroom proceedings. In systems based on the English common law that have an attorney general or equivalent position, the solicitor general is often the second-ranked law officer of the state and a deputy of the attorney general.