Hilario Davide Jr.
| Hilario G. Davide Jr. | |
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| 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office November 30, 1998 – December 20, 2005 |
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| Nominated by | Joseph Estrada |
| Preceded by | Andres R. Narvasa |
| Succeeded by | Artemio V. Panganiban |
| 124th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office January 24, 1991 – November 29, 1998 |
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| Nominated by | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Irene R. Cortes |
| Succeeded by | Minerva Gonzaga-Reyes |
| Chairman of the Commission on Elections | |
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In office February 15, 1988 – December 7, 1989 |
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| Appointed by | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Ramon H. Felipe |
| Succeeded by | Haydee Yorac |
| Member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission | |
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In office June 2, 1986 – October 15, 1986 |
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| Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Region VII | |
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In office June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984 |
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| Personal details | |
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December 20, 1935 Argao, Cebu, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Pusyon Bisaya (1978-1984) |
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide Jr., GCSS, (born December 20, 1935) is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City.
He was the 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and head of the Judicial Branch of government from November 1998 to December 2005. As the highest judicial officer, he presided over the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
On June 30, 2010, President Noynoy Aquino announced that Davide will head a truth commission that will investigate important issues in the country.
The sixth of seven siblings, Davide was born in Barangay Colawin, in Argao, Cebu to Hilario P. Davide Sr. (1905–2006), a retired Schools Division Superintendent, and Josefa L. Gelbolingo, a former public school teacher.
He completed his primary education at Argao Central Elementary School and secondary education at Abellana Vocational High School. In college, he went to the country's premier state university, the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City where he earned his Associate in Arts in 1955, his Bachelor of Science in Jurisprudence in 1958, and his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1959. He took and passed the bar examinations given that same year.
From 1959 to 1963, Davide worked as private secretary to the vice-governor and later governor of the province of Cebu.
From 1962 to 1968, he was a faculty member of the College of Law of Southwestern University in Cebu City. This university, three decades later, would confer on him a degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) in 1999.
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