page_title: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
hierarchical_section_title: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
context_page_description: The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Supreme Court and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of October 23, 2019, the position is currently held by Diosdado Peralta, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the mandatory retirement of his predecessor Lucas Bersamin in October 2019.
  The Chief Justice, who was first named on June 11, 1901 in the person of Cayetano Arellano, is the oldest existing major governmental office continually held by a Filipino, preceding the presidency and vice presidency, senators and the members of the House of Representatives.
context_section_description: The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Filipino: Punong Mahistrado ng Kataas-taasang Hukuman) presides over the Supreme Court and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of October 23, 2019, the position is currently held by Diosdado Peralta, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the mandatory retirement of his predecessor Lucas Bersamin in October 2019.
  The Chief Justice, who was first named on June 11, 1901 in the person of Cayetano Arellano, is the oldest existing major governmental office continually held by a Filipino, preceding the presidency and vice presidency (1935), senators (1916, or as the Taft Commission, on September 1, 1901) and the members of the House of Representatives (1907 as the Philippine Assembly).
caption: Seal of the Supreme Court