predecessor successor religion birth_place president nationality profession office term_start article_title term_end name
simeon v. marcelo simeon datumanong hernando b. perez orlando simeon datumanong c. casimiro -lrb- acting -rrb- raul m. gonzalez roman catholic philippines gloria macapagal-arroyo benigno aquino iii gloria macapagal-arroyo gloria macapagal-arroyo filipino politician ombudsman justice of the philippines secretary of justice secretary of december 27 , 2002 1 , 2005 december 24 , 2003 november merceditas gutierrez
 may 15 , 2003 6 , 2011 august 31 , 2004 january merceditas gutierrez
merceditas gutierrez

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merceditas navarro gutierrez was a filipino government official and ombudsman of the republic of the philippines .
she was a two-time justice secretary of the philippine justice department in 2002 and 2004 .
she assumed the office of the ombudsman on december 1 , 2005 as the first female to head the post .
on march 22 , 2011 , the house of representatives voted to impeach gutierrez .
she announced her resignation from office on april 29 , 2011 , which took effect on may 6 , 2011 .
