Delfín Jebución Jaranilla (December 24, 1883 – June 4, 1980) was a Filipino judge. He served as the Attorney General of the Philippines from 1927 to 1932, as part of the American colonial

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. He was named Judge Advocate General and after the Japanese conquest of the Philippines was forced on the

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. He served as Secretary of Justice, Agriculture, and Commerce in 1945. After holding the position of Secretary of Justice, he was appointed the 44th

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. After the conclusion of World War II, he was selected to serve as a Justice of the Philippines on the

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Biography

Jaranilla was born in La Paz, Iloilo City to Antonio Jerous Jaranilla and Juana Jebucion. In 1903, he was dispatched to the United States under the 'Pensionado' scholarship programme and studied at Santa Ana High School. He graduated from

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in 1907 with a diploma in law.''Transcultural Justice at the Tokyo Tribunal: The Allied Struggle for Justice, 1946-48''. Brill, 2018.

In popular culture

Jaranilla was portrayed by Bert Matias in the

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'' (2016).

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