Andres D. Bautista
| Andres D. Bautista | |
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| Chairman of the Commission on Elections | |
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In office April 28, 2015 – Present |
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| Appointed by | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by |
Christian Robert S. Lim (acting) Sixto Brillantes |
Christian Robert S. Lim (acting)
Andres "Andy" D. Bautista is the Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Philippines and former Dean of the Institute of Law of Far Eastern University, a private, non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines.
Bautista is a Member of the Consultative Commission on Charter Change, an independent body formed in 2005 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to propose revisions to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
He is a frequent resource speaker on topics concerning Philippine constitutional law and the state of legal education and profession in the country.
He was also once nominated to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Bautista earned his Bachelor of Science in Legal management degree from Ateneo de Manila University in 1986, a Bachelor of Laws (Class Valedictorian) from Ateneo Law School in 1990, and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1993.
Bautista is the Dean of the Institute of Law at Far Eastern University and the Master of Business Administration-Juris Doctor dual degree program of De La Salle Graduate School of Business and Far Eastern University. He is concurrently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Makati Shangri-la Plaza Hotel.
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