Edgardo Delos Santos

Edgardo Delos Santos
The Honourable; Edgardo Delos Santos
186th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 3, 2019
Appointed by	Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by	Antonio Carpio
Personal details
Born	Edgardo Lao Delos Santos; June 12, 1952; Palompon, Leyte, Philippines
Education	University of San Carlos (A.B.) (LL.B, 1977)

Edgardo "Edgar" Lao Delos Santos (born June 12, 1952) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Justice Antonio Carpio.

Education

Delos Santos obtained his law degree from the University of San Carlos in Cebu.[1]

Legal and judicial career

He initially served as a municipal trial court judge in Dumaguete and later became regional trial court judge in Bacolod before his appointment to the appellate court.[2] He was a Cebu-based Court of Appeals Justice for more than 11 years.[1]

Supreme Court appointment

Delos Santos had first interviewed for the seat vacated by Noel Tijam but he was not shortlisted.[3] He was then interviewed for the seat vacated by Mariano del Castillo[4] which was later filled by Rodil Zalameda. On December 3, 2019, Delos Santos was appointed to the court to fill the seat vacated by Antonio Carpio.[5]

Personal

Delos Santos was born in Palompon, Leyte on June 12, 1952.[1]

References

Buan, Lian. "Duterte fills up 2 more SC vacancies with Bedan, USC justices". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
"Duterte appoints 2 appellate court justices to Supreme Court: sources". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
Charm, Neil. "10 names in shortlist for Justice Tijam's post". Retrieved 2019-12-27.
"24 candidates vying for Justice Del Castillo's Supreme Court seat". philstar.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
Panaligan, Rey (December 4, 2019). "SC receives appointment papers of two new associate justices". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

Legal offices
Preceded by Antonio Carpio	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 2019–present	Incumbent

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[Rappler-1] Buan, Lian. "Duterte fills up 2 more SC vacancies with Bedan, USC justices". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-12-27.

[ABSCBN-2] "Duterte appoints 2 appellate court justices to Supreme Court: sources". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2019-12-27.

[3] Charm, Neil. "10 names in shortlist for Justice Tijam's post". Retrieved 2019-12-27.

[4] "24 candidates vying for Justice Del Castillo's Supreme Court seat". philstar.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27.

[5] Panaligan, Rey (December 4, 2019). "SC receives appointment papers of two new associate justices". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved December 27, 2019.