Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera | |
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| 98th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| In office 17 January 1979[1] – 11 May 1992 | |
| Appointed by | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Muñoz-Palma |
| Succeeded by | Jose Melo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ameurfina Aguinaldo Melencio 11 May 1922[2] Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippine Islands |
| Died | 12 October 2020 (aged 98) Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines |
Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera (born Ameurfina Aguinaldo Melencio; 11 May 1922 – 12 October 2020) was a Filipino lawyer who served as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979 to 1992. She was the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court,[3] filling the vacancy left by the retirement of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Cecilia Muñoz-Palma.
- ^ Reappointed to the Court on 16 April 1986
- ^ Beltran-Gonzalez, Michaela (1984). Filipino Women in Nation Building: A Compilation of Brief Biographies : Dedicated to the Decade of Women Proclaimed by the United Nations, 1975-1985. Phoenix Publishing House. p. 219.
- ^ "SC Justice Carolina Griño-Aquino passes away". Sun.Star. 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.