Menardo Guevarra

Menardo Guevarra
Guevarra official portrait as Justice Secretary in 2019
Solicitor General of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
President	Bongbong Marcos
Preceded by	Jose Calida
58th Secretary of Justice
In office April 5, 2018 – June 30, 2022
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by	Vitaliano Aguirre II
Succeeded by	Jesus Crispin Remulla
Deputy Executive Secretary
In office June 30, 2016 – April 4, 2018
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Succeeded by	Michael P. Ong
In office May 27, 2015 – January 31, 2016
President	Benigno S. Aquino III
Preceded by	Michael G. Aguinaldo
Commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission
In office February 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016
President	Benigno S. Aquino III
Personal details
Born	Menardo Ilasco Guevarra (1954-05-23) May 23, 1954 (age 70)[citation needed] Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines
Spouse	Cynthia
Children	4
Alma mater	Ateneo de Manila University (AB, LL.B) University of the Philippines Diliman (M.Econ)
Profession	Lawyer, Professor, Civil Servant

Menardo Ilasco Guevarra (born May 23,^{[citation needed]} 1954)^[1] is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III. Before joining the government, he was involved in private litigation practice as a founding partner of the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra & Suarez law firm since 1990. He was also an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated in 1974.^[2][3]