Marcelo B. Fernan
| Marcelo Fernan | |
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| 20th President of the Senate of the Philippines | |
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In office July 27, 1998 – June 28, 1999 |
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| President | Joseph Estrada |
| Preceded by | Neptali Gonzales |
| Succeeded by | Blas Ople |
| 18th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office July 1, 1988 – December 6, 1991 |
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| Nominated by | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Pedro L. Yap |
| Succeeded by | Andres R. Narvasa |
| 111th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office April 9, 1986 – June 30, 1988 |
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| Nominated by | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Relova |
| Succeeded by | Florenz D. Regalado |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
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In office June 30, 1995 – July 11, 1999 |
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| Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Cebu City | |
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In office June 30, 1984 – March 25, 1986 Serving with Antonio Cuenco |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 24, 1926 Cebu City, Cebu, Philippine Islands |
| Died | July 11, 1999 (aged 72) Manila, Philippines |
| Political party |
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (1991-1996) Lakas-Laban coalition (1996-1999) |
Marcelo "Celing" Briones Fernán (October 24, 1926 – July 11, 1999) was a Filipino lawyer and political figure. He is the only Filipino to have served as both Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and as Senate President. He is also the third Filipino to have headed both the judicial and legislative branches of government, after Querube Makalintal who served as Chief Justice and Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa in the 1970s, and José Yulo, who served as Chief Justice and Speaker of the House of Representatives before 1946.
Fernan was born in Cebu City, Cebu in 1926. In 1953 he graduated with a degree in law from the University of the Philippines. He went to Harvard University in United States to obtain his master's degree. He returned to the Philippines soon after to finally serve his profession as a lawyer, particularly in his home province. Soon, he became a litigator, a trial court lawyer.
In 1959 he was elected to the Cebu Provincial Board and served until 1961. He was also elected to the 1971 Constitutional Convention as a delegate from his home province and actively participated in its sessions, and committee meetings/hearings for the formulation of a new Constitution for the country then. In 1984, during the Marcos regime, he was elected to the Regular Batasang Pambansa, then the country's unicameral parliament with Antonio Cuenco, representing district 1 and district 2 of Cebu City under the banner of the opposition UNIDO party and actively scrutinized the bills presented by the administration lawmakers and delivered privilege speeches against the Marcos regime. On 1986, after the snap elections, he was the one of the opposition lawmakers who walked out when the administration lawmakers after a canvassing session that was then filled with debates and tensions, proclaimed then President Ferdinand E. Marcos and his running mate, then Former Senator Arturo Tolentino as the winners of that year's snap presidential and vice presidential polls in which the opposition claimed was marred with fraud.
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