Chief Justice of the Philippines

The Chief Justice of the Philippines () is the judge in charge of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. They are the highest ranking judge in the government of the Philippines. The current chief justice is Alexander Gesmundo. He was chosen to be the chief justice by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2021.

List of chief justices
 # ImageChief Justice TermAppointed byLaw school 1 100px Cayetano Arellano June 11, 1901 – April 12, 1920() William McKinley RepublicanUST 2 100px Victorino Mapa July 1, 1920 – October 31, 1921() Woodrow Wilson DemocraticUST 3 100px Manuel Araullo November 1, 1921 – July 26, 1924() Warren G. Harding RepublicanUST 4 100px Ramón Avanceña April 1, 1925 – December 24, 1941() Calvin Coolidge RepublicanUST 5 100px José Abad Santos December 24, 1941 – May 2, 1942() Manuel L. Quezon NacionalistaNorthwestern 6 100px José Yulo May 7, 1942 – July 9, 1945()Masaharu HommaMiliitaryUP 7 100px Manuel Moran July 9, 1945 – March 20, 1951() Sergio Osmeña NacionalistaEscuela de Derecho 8 100px Ricardo Paras April 2, 1951 – February 17, 1961() Elpidio Quirino LiberalUP 9 100px César Bengzon April 28, 1961 – May 29, 1966() Carlos P. Garcia NacionalistaUP 10 100px Roberto Concepcion June 17, 1966 – April 18, 1973() Ferdinand MarcosUST 11 100px Querube Makalintal October 21, 1973 – December 22, 1975()UP 12 100px Fred Ruiz Castro January 5, 1976 – April 19, 1979()UP 13 100px Enrique Fernando July 2, 1979 – July 24, 1985()KBLUP 14 100px Felix Makasiar July 25, 1985 – November 19, 1985()UP 15 100px Ramon Aquino November 20, 1985 – March 6, 1987()UP 16 100px Claudio Teehankee, Sr. April 2, 1987 – April 18, 1988() Corazon Aquino UNIDOAteneo 17 100px Pedro Yap April 19, 1988 – June 30, 1988(72 days)IndependentUP 18 100px Marcelo Fernan July 1, 1988 – December 6, 1991(3 years, 158 days)UP 19 100px Andres Narvasa December 8, 1991 – November 30, 1998(6 years, 357 days)UST 20 100px Hilario Davide Jr. November 30, 1998 – December 20, 2005(7 years, 20 days) Joseph Estrada LAMMPUP 21 100px Artemio Panganiban December 20, 2005 – December 7, 2006(351 days) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo LakasFEU 22 100px Reynato Puno December 8, 2006 – May 17, 2010(3 years, 160 days)UP 23 100px Renato Corona May 17, 2010 – May 29, 2012(2 years, 12 days)Ateneo – 100px Maria Lourdes Sereno August 25, 2012 – May 11, 2018(5 years, 259 days)(de facto) Benigno Aquino III LiberalUP 24 100px Teresita de Castro August 28, 2018 – October 10, 2018(44 days) Rodrigo Duterte PDP–LabanUP 25 100px Lucas Bersamin November 26, 2018 – October 18, 2019(324 days)UE 26 alt=|145x145px Diosdado Peralta October 23, 2019 – March 27, 2021(1 year, 155 days)UST 27 alt=|145x145px Alexander Gesmundo April 5, 2021 – present()Ateneo
 José Abad Santos was unable to preside over the Supreme Court due to the outbreak of World War II.
 Renato Corona was impeached on December 12, 2011, and convicted on May 29, 2012, removing him from office.
 Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio served as acting Chief Justice after the Impeachment of Renato Corona from May 30, 2012 to August 25, 2012 and after the removal of Maria Lourdes Sereno via quo warranto proceedings from May 14, 2018 to August 25, 2018.
 Maria Lourdes Sereno was removed on May 11, 2018 via quo warranto by a special en banc session; the petition alleged Sereno's appointment was void ab initio due to her failure in complying with the requirements of the Judicial and Bar Council. Hence her entire term as Chief Justice is considered a de facto tenure; legally void since the ouster of her predecessor. Sereno filed an ad cautelam motion for reconsideration pleading for the reversal of the decision on May 31, 2018, but on June 19, 2018 was denied with finality (meaning no further pleading shall be entertained, as well as for the immediate entry for judgment) for lack of merit.

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