Pedro Yap

Pedro López Yap
17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
April 19, 1988 – June 30, 1988
Appointed byCorazon Aquino
Preceded byClaudio Teehankee Sr.
Succeeded byMarcelo Fernan
110th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
April 8, 1986 – April 18, 1988
Appointed byCorazon Aquino
Preceded byRamon Aquino
Succeeded byLeo Medialdea
Commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government
In office
February 28, 1986 – April 8, 1986
Personal details
Born(1918-07-01)July 1, 1918
San Isidro, Leyte, Philippine Islands
DiedNovember 20, 2003(2003-11-20) (aged 85)
California, United States

Pedro López Yap (July 1, 1918 – November 20, 2003) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1988. He briefly served for two and a half months from April 19, 1988, to June 30, 1988, the shortest in history until Chief Justice Teresita de Castro surpassed that record. He worked in the notable Salonga, Ordoñez, Yap & Associates Law Offices, named after Jovito Salonga and Justice Secretary Sedfrey Ordoñez. He served as a delegate to the 1971-73 Constitutional Convention, where he proposed the inclusion of an Article on Socio-economic Rights.