Leonardo Quisumbing
| Leonardo A. Quisumbing | |
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| 140th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office January 15, 1998 – November 6, 2009 |
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| Appointed by | Fidel Ramos |
| Preceded by | Justo P. Torres, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jose Perez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 6, 1939 Masbate, Masbate, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
| Spouse(s) | Purificacion C. Valera |
Leonardo A. Quisumbing (born November 6, 1939) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009.
Hailing from Masbate, Masbate, Quisumbing graduated valedictorian from the Masbate High School in 1959. He was a prominent campus figure as an undergraduate student at the Manuel L. Quezon University, where he edited The Quezonian. He graduated magna cum laude with a degree of A.B. Journalism. After graduating, he enrolled at the U.P. College of Law. While at U.P., he was the President of the University Student Council, the President of the Student Councils Association of the Philippines, and an editor of the Philippine Collegian. He earned his law degree in 1966. He placed 12th in the bar examinations in the same year and he pursued his post-graduate studies at Cornell Law School, obtaining a Master of Laws degree. He was also an NEC-AID Scholarship grantee. Quisumbing was a member of the National Debating Team to Australia that won the Wilmot Cup. On a Fulbright Youth Leader grant, he visited Harvard University, Columbia University, Georgetown University, and other universities. He was also a delegate to the 11th International Student Conference in 1965 at Christchurch, New Zealand.
Quisumbing became a technical assistant to Executive Secretary Rafael Salas in 1965, and then became an assistant state counsel at the Department of Justice from 1966 to 1968. After a stint in private practice from 1968 to 1983, he joined the administration of President Corazon Aquino as senior executive assistant to the defense minister in 1986 and Undersecretary for the Department of National Defense in 1987. In 1992, he ran for senator under the Lakas-NUCD but lost. During the administration of Fidel Ramos, he would first serve as Senior Deputy Executive Secretary in 1993, then, acting executive secretary in 1994. He also became the officer-in-charge of the Office of the Executive Secretary in September 1995, before being appointed as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment from 1996 to January 1998. It was from the DOLE that he was appointed to the Supreme Court on January 27, 1998 by Ramos. Before his present appointment, he also held the rank of Commodore of the Philippine Coast Guard, 106th Auxiliary Squadron.
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