Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera | |
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98th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
In office 17 January 1979[1] – 11 May 1992 | |
Appointed by | Ferdinand Marcos |
Preceded by | Cecilia Muñoz-Palma |
Succeeded by | Jose Melo |
Personal details | |
Born | Ameurfina Aguinaldo Melencio 11 May 1922[2] Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippine Islands |
Died | 12 October 2020 Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines | (aged 98)
Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera (born Ameurfina Aguinaldo Melencio; 11 May 1922 – 12 October 2020) was a Filipino lawyer who served as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979 to 1992. She was the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court,[3] filling the vacancy left by the retirement of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Cecilia Muñoz-Palma.