Francis H. Jardeleza (born September 26, 1949) is a former Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines
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He served as
Solicitor General of the Philippines from 2012 to 2014, and was appointed by President
Benigno Aquino III to the High Court on August 19, 2014.
Background
Jardeleza grew up in
Jaro, Iloilo City
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, where he finished his elementary and secondary education. He earned his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the
University of the Philippines Visayas in 1970. He earned his law degree at the
University of the Philippines College of Law at
UP Diliman, where he graduated as salutatorian in 1974. As a student at UP Law, Jardeleza was Vice-Chairperson of the
Philippine Law Journal
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. He was admitted to the bar in 1974, having placed third in the
bar examinations
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held that year. In 1977, Jardeleza obtained a Masters of Law degree from
Harvard Law School
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Professional career
Jardeleza was in private practice until 1996, including a long-term stint at the ACCRA Law Offices.
In 1996, he was named Senior Vice-President and General Legal Counsel of
San Miguel Corporation. He remained with San Miguel Corporation until 2010.
Government service
In July 2010, Jardeleza was appointed
Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon by
President Benigno Aquino III.
On February 6, 2012, Jardeleza's appointment as
Solicitor General of the Philippines was announced, following the resignation of Jose Anselmo Cadiz.
He took his oath of office as Solicitor General on February 20, 2012.
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On 19 August 2014, President Aquino appointed Jardeleza as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, succeeding retired Justice Roberto Abad.]
In academia
Jardeleza has been a professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Law since 1993, teaching constitutional law among other subjects.[ His wife, Concepion Lim-Jardeleza is also a professor in said law school.
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References
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1949 births
Living people
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Solicitors General of the Philippines
20th-century Filipino lawyers
People from Iloilo City
University of the Philippines Visayas alumni
University of the Philippines Diliman alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
Benigno Aquino III administration personnel
University of the Philippines faculty
San Miguel Corporation people
Visayan people
21st-century Filipino judges