Menardo Guevarra | |
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![]() Guevarra official portrait as Justice Secretary in 2019 | |
Solicitor General of the Philippines | |
Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
President | Bongbong Marcos |
Preceded by | Jose Calida |
59th 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 May 23, 1954 [citation needed] Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines |
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]