Teresita de Castro
Teresita de Castro | |
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| 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| In office August 28, 2018 – October 10, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Maria Lourdes Sereno (De facto) Renato Corona (De jure) |
| Succeeded by | Lucas Bersamin |
| 160th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| In office December 3, 2007 – August 28, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Cancio Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Rosmari Carandang |
| 4th Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan | |
| In office September 8, 1997 – December 3, 2007 | |
| Appointed by | Fidel V. Ramos |
| Preceded by | Romulo Quimbo |
| Succeeded by | Ediberto Sandoval (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teresita Jose Leonardo October 10, 1948 Manila, Philippines |
| Spouse | Eduardo de Castro |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines (AB, LLB) |
Teresita Leonardo de Castro (born Teresita Jose Leonardo; October 10, 1948) is a Filipina who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28, 2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor, Maria Lourdes Sereno, was removed via a quo warranto petition (by declaring Sereno a de facto chief justice and making her 2012 appointment null and void ab initio); making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice, and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
De Castro officially retired on October 10, 2018, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70; merely 46 days after serving as Chief Justice, surpassing the record of former Chief Justice Pedro Yap of being the shortest-tenured Chief Justice.
Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, she had been the Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan.