Adolfo Azcuna
| Adolfo S. Azcuna | |
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| 153rd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office October 24, 2002 – February 15, 2009 |
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| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Santiago M. Kapunan |
| Succeeded by | Lucas P. Bersamin |
| PHILJA Chancellor | |
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Assumed office June 1, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 16, 1939 Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Asuncion Aunario |
Adolfo Sevilla Azcuna (born February 16, 1939) is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009. He was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on October 24, 2002. He is the current Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), having been appointed to that position by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on June 1, 2009.
Azcuna was born in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte on February 16, 1939. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with academic honors, at the Ateneo de Manila in 1959 and the degree of Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, at the same institution in 1962. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1963, placing 4th in the 1962 bar examinations. He forthwith embarked on a government career as Assistant Private Secretary of then Presiding Justice Jose P. Bengzon of the Court of Appeals in 1963 and, thereafter, upon the appointment of the latter to the Supreme Court in 1964, as his Private Secretary
Justice Azcuna taught International Law at his alma mater, Ateneo de Manila, from 1967 to 1986. In 1982, he completed post-graduate studies in International Law and Jurisprudence at the Salzburg University in Austria.
Representing Zamboanga del Norte, he was elected as member of the 1971 Constitutional Convention. Subsequently, he was appointed as a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission. He held several government posts during the term of President Corazon C. Aquino, first as Presidential Legal Counsel, then as Press Secretary and subsequently as Presidential Spokesman. In 1991, he was appointed Chairman of the Philippine National Bank. On October 17, 2002, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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