Juan Ramos Liwag (1906-1983) was a
Filipino
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lawyer and politician who served as
senator
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in the
5th and
6th Congress of the
Philippines
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.
He was among the few Filipino officials who have served in all three branches of the government.
Early life and education
Liwag was born on June 12, 1906 in
Gapan
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,
Nueva Ecija
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to Diego Liwag and Isabel Ramos. He finished elementary schooling as valedictorian at the Gapan Intermediate School, high school at the
University of the Philippines
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, again as valedictorian, and subsequently hurdled the Liberal Arts course with honors. In 1932, he completed his law course at the
University of the Philippines College of Law
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, cum laude, and placed second in the 1932
Philippine Bar Examinations
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Brief his ...
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He is a member of
Upsilon Sigma Phi
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batch 1927.
Career
In 1945, he began his public service as prosecutor in the
Department of Justice
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, assuming later the position of head of the office of special prosecutors. Four years later, he was appointed judge-at-large of the Court of First Instance and the following year was named district judge for