Presbitero Velasco Jr.

Presbitero J. Velasco Jr.
Portrait, 2021
Governor of Marinduque
Assumed office
June 30, 2019
Vice GovernorRomulo Bacorro Jr. (2019-2022)
Adeline Angeles (2022-present)
Preceded byRomulo Bacorro Jr.
157th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
March 31, 2006 – August 8, 2018
Appointed byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byArtemio Panganiban
Succeeded byJose Reyes Jr.
Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals
In office
April 22, 1998 – August 8, 2003
Appointed byJoseph Estrada
Judicial and Bar Council Representative from the Integrated Bar
In office
January 7, 1993 – March 22, 1995
Appointed byFidel V. Ramos
Preceded byLeon Garcia Jr.
Succeeded byFrancisco Santiago
Personal details
Born (1948-08-08) August 8, 1948 (age 76)
Pasay, Rizal (currently, Pasay City), Philippines
Political partyPFP (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
PDP–Laban (2018–2024)
SpouseLorna Quinto Velasco
ChildrenVincent Michael
Lord Allan
Tricia Nicole
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines (BA, LL.B)
AffiliationSigma Rho


Presbitero Jose Velasco Jr. (born August 8, 1948) is the incumbent Governor of Marinduque and was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 31, 2006.