Conchita Carpio-Morales
| Conchita Carpio-Morales | |
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| Ombudsman of the Philippines | |
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Assumed office July 28, 2011 |
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| President |
Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Orlando C. Casimiro (Acting) |
| 151st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office August 26, 2002 – June 17, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Jose Melo |
| Succeeded by | Estela Perlas-Bernabe |
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| Born |
Conchita Claudio Carpio June 19, 1941 Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
| Spouse(s) | Eugenio T. Morales |
Conchita Claudio Carpio-Morales (born June 19, 1941) is the current Ombudsman of the Philippines. She was previously an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Carpio-Morales is married to Eugenio T. Morales, Jr., with whom she has two sons, Eugenio III and Umberto (d. 2015).
She was born on June 19, 1941 in Paoay, Ilocos Norte. She is the daughter of Lucas D. Carpio, a judge, and Maria Claudio Carpio.
In 1964, Carpio-Morales earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. In 1968, she earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Philippines College of Law, also at UP Diliman.
From 1968 to 1971, she started her career in a Manila law firm where she was an Assistant Attorney. In 1971, a former University of the Philippines professor of Carpio-Morales, Secretary of Justice Vicente Abad Santos, took her in as a Special Assistant at the Department of Justice. From 1971 to 1983, Carpio-Morales worked at the Department of Justice as assistant, lawyer, researcher, assistant special lawyer and senior state counsel before she became a judge.
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