Secretary of Justice (Philippines) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Secretary of Justice |
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Official seal of the
Department of Justice |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
Secretaries of Finance and Justice | "Insular Government" (1900–1935) (American occupation) |
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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 | ||
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 |
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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) |
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Act | Mariano A. Eraña | December 25, 1944 | February 17, 1945 | ||
Secretary of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce | Commonwealth (restored) |
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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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | Rodrigo Duterte | |
58 | Menardo Guevarra | April 5, 2018 | June 30, 2022 | ||
59 | Jesus Crispin Remulla | June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | Bongbong Marcos |
See also
- Justice ministry
- Politics of the Philippines
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