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In contrast, Pedro Yap had served as associate justice for only 2 years, 10 days before he was promoted as chief justice. The longest-lived chief justice was César Bengzon, who died in 1992 aged 96 years, 97 days old. Two other chief justices lived past 90: Ricardo Paras (93 years, 235 days) and Querube Makalintal (91 years, 322 days).
The Supreme Court consists of a chief justice and fourteen associate justices. Among the current members of the Court, Marvic Leonen is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of 4,918 days (12 years, 112 days) as of March 4, 2025; the most recent justice to enter the court is Maria Filomena Singh whose tenure began on May 18, 2022.
Cayetano Arellano had occupied a high position in Aguinaldo's government. He worked with the Americans under General Otis and re-established the Audiencia Territorial as the Supreme Court. He served as Chief Justice from 1901 until his retirement on April 12, 1920, making him the longest to serve as chief justice in Philippine history.
César Fernando Cabrera Bengzon (May 29, 1896 – September 3, 1992) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from April 28, 1961 until May 29, 1966. In November 1966, a few months after his retirement, he became the first Filipino to be appointed to the International Court of Justice.
Senior Justice Antonio Carpio assumed the post of chief justice in an acting capacity starting May 14, 2018, following Sereno's removal from office. [23] As a result of Republic v. Sereno , Maria Lourdes Sereno is no longer considered the 24th chief justice of the Philippines, as the court ruled that her appointment was never legal but null and ...
In 1966, Fernando was appointed as Presidential Legal Counsel by Ferdinand Marcos.The following year, Marcos appointed him to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.. If not for the death of Chief Justice Fred Ruiz Castro in 1979, Fernando would have had the opportunity to become the Chief Justice only in 1984, after Castro reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, and serving for only 1 ...
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.
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.