Secretary of Justice (Philippines) Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Secretary of Justice
Official seal of the Department of Justice
Incumbent Jesus Crispin Remulla since June 30, 2022 (2022-06-30)
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet, Judicial and Bar Council
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Severino de las Alas
Formation	April 17, 1851 (173 years ago) (1851-04-17)

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.

The current secretary is Jesus Crispin Remulla, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.

List of secretaries of justice

#	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President	Period
The Department of Grace and Justice was part of Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo's 1897 Naic Assembly Cabinet, with Severino de las Alas as the Director of Grace and Justice. However, the position was not in Aguinaldo's Biak-na-Bato Cabinet that followed months after.				Emilio Aguinaldo	Katipunan revolutionary government
Secretary of Justice					Revolutionary Government
1	Severino de las Alas	April 17, 1897	August 31, 1897
2	Gregorio S. Araneta	September 1, 1897	May 19, 1899
The department was not part of Aguinaldo's Cabinet during the First Republic, inaugurated in January 1899.					First Republic
Attorney General				N/A	American military government
3	Florentino Torres	May 29, 1899	June 4, 1901		American military government
Secretaries of Finance and Justice					"Insular Government" (1900–1935) (American occupation)
4	Henry C. Ide	September 1, 1901	June 30, 1908
5	Gregorio S. Araneta	July 1, 1908	October 10, 1913
6	Victorino Mapa	November 1, 1913	August 1916
Secretaries of Justice
Act	Victorino Mapa	August 1916	June 30, 1920
7	Quintin B. Paredes	July 1, 1920	December 15, 1921
8	José Abad Santos	April 26, 1922	July 17, 1923
9	Luis P. Torres	June 18, 1923	August 31, 1928
10	José Abad Santos	September 1, 1928	June 18, 1932
11	Alexander A. Reyes	June 19, 1932	December 31, 1932
12	Quirico M. Abeto	January 1, 1933	July 5, 1934
13	José Yulo	July 6, 1934	November 14, 1935
13	José Yulo	November 15, 1935	November 15, 1938	Manuel L. Quezon	Commonwealth
14	José Abad Santos	December 5, 1938	July 16, 1941
15	Teófilo Sison	July 18, 1941	November 27, 1941
Commissioners of Justice				N/A	Japanese military government
16	José P. Laurel	December 24, 1941	December 2, 1942
17	Teofilo Sison	December 4, 1942	October 14, 1943
18	Quintin Paredes	October 14, 1943	December 25, 1944	José P. Laurel	Second Republic
Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare				Sergio Osmeña	Commonwealth (in exile)
Act	Mariano A. Eraña	December 25, 1944	February 17, 1945		Commonwealth (in exile)
Secretary of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce					Commonwealth (restored)
19	Delfín Jaranilla	February 17, 1945	December 31, 1945
Secretaries of Justice
20	Ramon Quisumbing	January 2, 1946	May 28, 1946
21	Roman Ozaeta	May 29, 1946	July 4, 1946
		July 4, 1946	April 15, 1948	Manuel Roxas	Third Republic
		April 17, 1948	September 17, 1948	Elpidio Quirino
22	Sabino B. Padilla	September 19, 1948	June 30, 1949
23	Ricardo P. Nepomuceno	July 1, 1949	July 25, 1950
24	Jose P. Bengzon	August 29, 1950	September 23, 1951
25	Oscar Castelo	January 1, 1952	August 16, 1953
26	Roberto Gianzon	August 17, 1953	December 30, 1953
27	Pedro Tuason	January 4, 1954	March 17, 1957	Ramon Magsaysay
27	Pedro Tuason	March 18, 1957	March 19, 1958	Carlos P. Garcia
28	Jesus Barrera	April 18, 1958	June 4, 1959
29	Enrique Fernandez	June 11, 1959	July 13, 1959
30	Alejo Mabanag	July 14, 1959	December 31, 1961
31	Jose W. Diokno	December 31, 1961	May 19, 1962	Diosdado Macapagal
32	Juan R. Liwag	May 20, 1962	July 7, 1963
33	Salvador L. Marino	July 9, 1963	December 31, 1965
34	José Yulo	January 1, 1966	August 4, 1967	Ferdinand Marcos
35	Claudio Teehankee	August 5, 1967	December 16, 1968
36	Juan Ponce Enrile	December 17, 1968	February 7, 1970
37	Felix Makasiar	February 8, 1970	August 1, 1970
38	Vicente Abad Santos	August 2, 1970	January 17, 1973
Ministers of Justice
Act	Vicente Abad Santos	January 17, 1973	January 16, 1979
39	Catalino Macaraig, Jr.	January 17, 1979	July 22, 1979
40	Ricardo C. Puno	July 23, 1979	June 1981
40	Ricardo C. Puno	July 1981	June 30, 1984		Fourth Republic
41	Estelito P. Mendoza	June 30, 1984	February 27, 1986
42	Neptali A. Gonzales	February 28, 1986	March 8, 1987	Corazon Aquino
Secretaries of Justice					Fifth Republic
43	Sedfrey A. Ordoñez	March 9, 1987	January 2, 1990
44	Franklin M. Drilon	January 4, 1990	July 14, 1991
45	Silvestre H. Bello III	July 15, 1991	February 10, 1992
Act	Eduardo G. Montenegro	February 10, 1992	June 30, 1992
46	Franklin Drilon	July 1, 1992	February 2, 1995	Fidel V. Ramos
47	Demetrio G. Demetria	February 3, 1995	May 19, 1995
48	Teofisto T. Guingona, Jr.	May 20, 1995	January 31, 1998
Act	Silvestre H. Bello III	February 1, 1998	June 30, 1998
49	Serafin R. Cuevas	July 1, 1998	February 15, 2000	Joseph Ejercito Estrada
50	Artemio G. Tuquero	February 16, 2000	January 23, 2001	Joseph Ejercito Estrada
51	Hernando B. Perez	January 24, 2001	November 26, 2002	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
52	Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez	November 27, 2002	January 15, 2003
53	Simeon Datumanong	January 16, 2003	December 23, 2003
54	Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez	December 24, 2003	August 31, 2004
55	Raul Gonzalez	September 1, 2004	September 2, 2007
Act	Agnes Devanadera	September 3, 2007	November 15, 2007
Act	Raul Gonzalez	November 16, 2007	January 11, 2010
Act	Agnes Devanadera	January 12, 2010	March 8, 2010
Act	Alberto Agra	March 10, 2010	June 30, 2010
56	Leila de Lima	June 30, 2010	October 12, 2015	Benigno S. Aquino III
Act	Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa	October 12, 2015	January 21, 2016
Act	Emmanuel Caparas	January 22, 2016	June 30, 2016
57	Vitaliano Aguirre II	June 30, 2016	April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)	Rodrigo Duterte
58	Menardo Guevarra	April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)	June 30, 2022	Rodrigo Duterte
59	Jesus Crispin Remulla	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	Bongbong Marcos

Secretary of Justice (Philippines) facts for kids

List of secretaries of justice

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