page_title: Reynato Puno
section_title: Supreme Court term
hierarchical_section_title: Reynato Puno / Supreme Court term
caption_attribution_description: English: Portraits of Chief Justices Artemio Panganiban and Reynato S. Puno
context_page_description: Reynato Puno y Serrano is the 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Appointed on December 8, 2006 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He served until his mandatory retirement on May 17, 2010. Puno had initially been appointed to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice on June 28, 1993.
  Puno was appointed on January 23, 2018 as the chairperson of the Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution by virtue of Executive Order No. 10.
context_section_description: On June 28, 1993, President Fidel V. Ramos appointed Puno as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court at the age of 53. He would serve in that capacity for the next 13 years. Upon the retirement of Justice Josue Bellosillo in 2003, Puno became the Senior Associate Justice.
  Traditionally, the most senior Associate Justice was appointed to fill any permanent vacancy to the seat of the Chief Justice, though this tradition was not always observed. Upon the retirement of Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. in 2005, Puno, as the senior Associate Justice, was a leading candidate for appointment as the next Chief Justice. However, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instead appointed Associate Justice Artemio Panganiban as Chief Justice, marking the first time in 20 years that the senior Associate Justice was bypassed.
  Justice Puno remained as the most senior Associate Justice for the twelve months of the term of Chief Justice Panganiban. Despite some speculation that President Arroyo would again bypass Puno and appoint either Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing or Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago as Chief Justice, Puno was appointed to the post within hours from the retirement of Panganiban. Puno denied speculations that he will retire from the
  position of Chief Justice before May 17, 2010.
caption: Official Portraits of CJ Artemio Panganiban and Reynato S. Puno in the new SC building.
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