Maria Lourdes Sereno
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The Honourable Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno |
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| 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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Assumed office August 25, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by |
Renato Corona (as Chief Justice) Antonio Carpio (acting) |
| 169th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
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In office August 13, 2010 – August 25, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by | Renato Corona |
| Succeeded by | Marvic Leonen |
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| Born |
Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal July 2, 1960 Manila, Philippines |
| Alma mater |
Kamuning Elementary School Quezon City High School Ateneo de Manila University University of the Philippines Diliman University of Michigan Law School |
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Maria Lourdes Aranal Sereno (born Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal on July 2, 1960) is the 24th and current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. At age 52, she became the second youngest person and the first woman to head the judiciary.
In August 2010, she was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, its 169th Member and the first appointee to the High Court by President Benigno Aquino III. Sereno is the youngest appointee to the Supreme Court since Manuel Moran in 1945, but she was surpassed by Marvic Leonen in 2012 at the age of 49, and the 13th woman appointed as a Supreme Court Justice.
On 24 August 2012, President Aquino announced his appointment of Justice Sereno as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing Renato Corona, who was removed from office in May 2012 after being convicted in an impeachment trial.
She is set to retire in 2030, after 20 years in office (18 years as Chief Justice), pursuant to the requirements of the 1987 Constitution.
Sereno was born on July 2, 1960 in Manila to a Margarito Aranal, a native of Siasi, Sulu and Soledad Punzalan, who served as a public school teacher. She is married to Mario Jose E. Sereno of Davao City. They have two children, Maria Sophia and Jose Lorenzo.
Sereno graduated Class salutatorian from Kamuning Elementary School in 1972 and graduated with Honors from Quezon City High School in 1976.
She earned a bachelor's degree in economics at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1980, and her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law at Diliman, graduating as class valedictorian in 1984.
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