Agnes Devanadera
| Agnes Devanadera | |
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| Secretary of Justice | |
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In office 2009–2010 |
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| President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Raul M. Gonzalez |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Agra (acting), Leila de Lima (official) |
| Solicitor General of the Philippines | |
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In office March 2, 2007 – 2009 |
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| President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Agra |
| Mayor of Sampaloc, Quezon | |
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In office 1988–1998 |
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| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Agnes Devanadera (former Government Corporate Counsel), is the 41st and first woman Philippine Solicitor General(with office at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines) or Attorney General duly appointed on February 22, 2007 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (having succeeded Supreme Court of the Philippines Associate Justice Antonio Nachura) assumed office on March 2, 2007. Devanadera is a candidate for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (to be vacated by Ruben T. Reyes' retirement on January 2, 2009).
President Arroyo appointed Solicitor General Devanadera DOJ officer-in-charge on September 1, 2007, and as acting secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 5, 2007 to temporarily assist Raul Gonzalez, 75, who was hospitalized for bleeding stomach ulcer and later he had kidney transplant. Alberto Agra rsucceeded her as Government Corporate Counsel, Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) of the Department of Justice (DOJ). She is an Ateneo de Manila Law School alumnus, and student of her mentor, Dr. Hernando Perez, former Secretary of Justice.
Devanadera and Antonio Nachura contested the position of associate justice, vacated by Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban. Devanadera's name, however, was deleted in the final list of nominees submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council to the President because of pending graft / regular administrative cases against her (Sec. 5.1, JBC-009 Rule) Governor Luis Singson filed versus Devanadera and others before the Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines criminal cases (Anti-Plunder Act in relation to Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act involving the Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone). As government corporate counsel and board of trustee of the Manila Water (Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System), she was also sued regarding MWSS board resolution dated July 29, 2004.
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