Abraham Sarmiento
| Abraham Sarmiento, Sr. | |
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| 119th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office January 26, 1987 – October 7, 1991 |
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| Appointed by | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Vicente Abad Santos |
| Succeeded by | Flerida Ruth Romero |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 8, 1921 Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, Philippine Islands |
| Died | October 3, 2010 (aged 88) Prague, Czech Republic |
Abraham F. Sarmiento, Sr. (October 8, 1921 – October 3, 2010) was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1987 to 1991. An active figure in the political opposition against the martial law government of President Ferdinand Marcos, he was appointed to the Court by Marcos' successor, President Corazon Aquino.
Sarmiento was born in Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur. He completed his primary and secondary education in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, graduating as the valedictorian of his high school class. Upon the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II, Sarmiento joined the USAFFE and the underground guerilla resistance against the Imperial Japanese Army.
After the war, Sarmiento completed his law studies at the University of the Philippines College of Law. He was a member of the Alpha Phi Beta fraternity. Sarmiento earned his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1949. In that year, he authored a biography on the murdered Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, José Abad Santos, entitled Jose Abad Santos: An Apotheosis.
Upon his admission to the Philippine Bar, Sarmiento entered into private practice. In the 1950s, he formed a law partnership with Senators Gerardo Roxas and Justiniano Montano, maintaining his partnership with Roxas until 1967, when he established the Abraham F. Sarmiento Law Office.
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