Hilario davide iii

Hilario G. Davide Jr.

Hilario G. Davide Jr. Chief Justice (ret.), Supreme Court of the Philippines

Personal Background

Hilario G. Davide Jr. is a retired Chief Justice (1998–2005) of the Supreme Court of the Philippines who had a long and distinguished career in the Philippine judiciary. After his retirement from the Supreme Court, he served as Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations from 2007–10. As the Philippine representative to the U.N., he served in various capacities including Vice President of the 61st Session of the General Assembly (March–September 2007) and briefly (July 14–18, 2007) as Acting President. He held several public positions including Chair of the Philippine Truth Commission (2010–11), Chairman of the Commission on Elections (1988–90), Commissioner of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, and as Assemblyman (1978–84) and Minority Floor Leader (1978–79) of the Interim Batasang Pambansa.

Chief Justice Davide currently serves as a member of the Philippine Nati

 H.E. Mr. Hilario G. Davide Jr. is the former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York. As such he was elected to such important posts as Vice President of the 61st session of the General Assembly, Vice President of the ECOSOC(March 2007 – 13 January 2008), and during the 64th session of the General Assembly he was Chairman of the Credentials Committee, Vice Chairman of the First Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

He was the 20th Chief Justice of the Philippines and head of the Judicial Branch of government from November 1998 to December 2005. As the highest judicial official, he presided over the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Immediately after retirement he served as Senior Presidential Adviser on Electoral Reforms to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

On June 30, 2010, at his inauguration and oath taking and assumption of office as President of the Philippines, His Excellency Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III announced that Davide would head a truth commission that would investigate

Hilario Davide Jr.

Filipino lawyer, judge, diplomat and politician (born 1935)

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Gelbolingo and the surname or paternal family name is Davide.

The Honourable

Hilario G. Davide Jr.

GCSS, KGCR

Official portrait, taken c. 1998–2005

In office
February 24, 2007 – April 29, 2010
Nominated byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byLauro Baja, Jr.
Succeeded byLibran N. Cabactulan
In office
November 30, 1998 – December 20, 2005
Nominated byJoseph Estrada
Preceded byAndres R. Narvasa
Succeeded byArtemio V. Panganiban
In office
January 24, 1991 – November 29, 1998
Nominated byCorazon Aquino
Preceded byIrene R. Cortes
Succeeded byMinerva Gonzaga-Reyes
In office
February 15, 1988 – January 12, 1990
Appointed byCorazon Aquino
Preceded byRamon H. Felipe
Succeeded byHaydee Yorac
In office
June 2, 1986 – October 15, 1986
In office
June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984

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