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Lucas Bersamin

Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2018 to 2019

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Purugganan and the surname or paternal family name is Bersamin.

The Honourable

Lucas P. Bersamin

Official Portrait, 2020

Incumbent

Assumed office
September 27, 2022
PresidentBongbong Marcos
Preceded byVic Rodriguez
In office
February 6, 2020 – September 27, 2022
Appointed byRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byJesus Clint Aranas
Rolando Macasaet (OIC)
Succeeded byJose Arnulfo Veloso (Acting)
In office
November 26, 2018 – October 18, 2019
Appointed byRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byTeresita de Castro
Succeeded byDiosdado Peralta
In office
April 3, 2009 – November 28, 2018
Appointed byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byAdolfo Azcuna
Succeeded byHenri Jean Paul Inting
Born (1949-10-18) October 18, 1949 (age 75)
Bangued, Abra, Philippines
SpouseAurora Bagares
Children3
EducationUniversity of the Phi

Lucas Bersamin is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. He was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as an Associate Justice.

Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin has appealed to all judges for their help and support for his 4-point agenda for the Judiciary that consists of the updating of the Rules of Court, purging the Bench of misfits and scalawags, initiation of Bar reforms, and the adoption of legal clinics to enhance access to justice.

Supreme Court[]

Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on April 2, 2009 by President Arroyo. He was then sitting as a Member of the Court of Appeals, to which he had been appointed on March 10, 2003 also by President Arroyo. Prior to his stint in the Court of Appeals, he had served as the Presiding Judge of Branch 96 of the Regional Trial Court Judge in Quezon City continuously since November 5, 1986.

Chief Justice Bersamin hails from Bangued, Abra, where he was born on October 18, 1949 to the late Dr. Luis F. Bersamin, Sr., a World W

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  • Lucas Purugganan Bersamin (born October 18, 1949) is a Filipino lawyer and jurist who currently serves as the Executive Secretary of the Philippines. Bersamin previously served on the Supreme Court of the Philippines for 10 years, first as an associate justice from 2009 to 2018 and then as the 25th chief justice of the Philippines from 2018 until his retirement in 2019. He was named by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the high court as an associate justice on April 2, 2009. Prior to becoming an associate justice, he was a member of the Court of Appeals. He was the chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System and a member of its board of trustees since 2020 until his appointment as Executive Secretary in the Marcos Jr. administration, as confirmed by Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles on September 27, 2022. (en)
  • Lucas P. Bersamin (Bangued, 18 oktober 1949) is Filipijns rechter. Bersamin werd op 2 april 2009 door president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo benoemd tot rechter van het Filipijns hooggerechtshof als opvolger v
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