Leonardo Quisumbing

Leonardo A. Quisumbing
30th Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
December 7, 2006 – November 6, 2009
Preceded byReynato S. Puno
Succeeded byAntonio Carpio
140th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
January 15, 1998 – November 6, 2009
Appointed byFidel Ramos
Preceded byJusto P. Torres, Jr.
Succeeded byJose Perez
Secretary of Labor and Employment
In office
January 16, 1996 – January 14, 1998
Appointed byFidel Ramos
Preceded byJose S. Brillantes
Succeeded byBienvenido E. Laguesma
Personal details
Born(1939-11-06)November 6, 1939
Masbate, Masbate, Commonwealth of the Philippines
DiedJanuary 20, 2019(2019-01-20) (aged 79)[1]
Manila, Philippines
SpousePurificacion C. Valera
Children2
Alma materManuel L. Quezon University(AB)
University of the Philippines(LL.B)
Cornell University(LL.M)

Leonardo A. Quisumbing (November 6, 1939 – January 20, 2019)[1] was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009.

  1. ^ a b CNN Philippines Staff (January 21, 2019). "Former Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing dies". Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)