Teresita de Castro

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Jose, the birth surname or paternal family name is Leonardo, and the marital name is de Castro.
The Honorable
Teresita de Castro
24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
August 28, 2018 – October 10, 2018
Appointed byRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byMaria Lourdes Sereno (De facto)
Renato Corona (De jure)
Succeeded byLucas Bersamin
160th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
December 3, 2007 – August 28, 2018
Appointed byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byCancio Garcia
Succeeded byRosmari Carandang
4th Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan
In office
September 8, 1997 – December 3, 2007
Appointed byFidel V. Ramos
Preceded byRomulo Quimbo
Succeeded byEdiberto Sandoval (acting)
Personal details
Born
Teresita Jose Leonardo

(1948-10-10) October 10, 1948 (age 76)
Manila, Philippines
SpouseEduardo de Castro
Children3
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines (AB, LLB)

Teresita Leonardo de Castro (born Teresita Jose Leonardo; October 10, 1948)[1][2] is a Filipina who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28, 2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor, Maria Lourdes Sereno, was removed via a quo warranto petition (by declaring Sereno a de facto chief justice and making her 2012 appointment null and void ab initio); making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice, and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.[3]

De Castro officially retired on October 10, 2018, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70; merely 46 days after serving as Chief Justice, surpassing the record of former Chief Justice Pedro Yap of being the shortest-tenured Chief Justice.[4]

Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,[5] she had been the Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan.[6]

  1. ^ Profile on Website Supreme Court of the Philippines
  2. ^ Lian Buan, De Castro ends chief justice stint, leaves gifts to court workers, Rappler.com (October 8, 2018)
  3. ^ "Teresita Leonardo de Castro is new Chief Justice". CNN Philippines. August 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Teresita Leonardo-De Castro is new Supreme Court chief". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  5. ^ "De Castro Appointed SC Associate Justice". ABS-CBN News. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-12-03. [dead link]
  6. ^ tan.org.ph, APPLICANTS TO THE SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE POST