predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place religion nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
alejo mabanag juan liwag 27 february 1987 manila , philippines diosdado macapagal quezon city , metro manila , philippines roman catholic filipino nacionalista party senator the presidential committee on human rights of the philippines secretary of justice chairman of february 26 , 1922 december 30 , 1963 december 31 , 1961 1986 carmen icasiano diokno jose diokno
 september 23 , 1972 may 19 , 1962 1987 jose wright diokno public official de la salle college , manila
jose diokno

jose `` pepe '' wright diokno -lrb- february 26 , 1922 -- february 27 , 1987 -rrb- was a filipino nationalist .
he served as senator of the philippines , secretary of justice , founding chair of the commission on human rights , and founder of the free legal assistance group .
diokno is the only person to top both the philippine bar examination and the board exam for certified public accountants -lrb- cpa -rrb- .
his career was dedicated to the promotion of human rights , the defense of philippine sovereignty , and the enactment pro-filipino economic legislation .
in 2004 , diokno was posthumously conferred the order of lakandula with the rank of supremo -- the philippines ' highest honor .
february 27 is celebrated in the country as jose w. diokno day .
