Everything about Hilario Davide totally explained
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr. (born
December 20,
1935) is the current
Permanent Representative of the
Philippines to the
United Nations. He was the 20th
Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the
Philippines.
Early life and career
Davide was born on
December 20,
1935 in
Barangay Colawin, in
Argao, Cebu to Hilario P. Davide, a retired Schools Division Superintendent, and Josefa L. Gelbolingo, a former public school teacher. He completed his primary education at
Argao Central Elementary School and secondary education at Abellana Vocational High School. In college, he went to the
University of the Philippines where he initially took up
Associate in Arts in
1955. In the same year, he entered the
U.P. College of Law as an entrance scholar.
From
1959 to
1963, Davide became a private secretary to the vice governor of the province of
Cebu, then to its Governor. From
1962 to
1968, he was a faculty member of the
College of Law of
Southwestern University in
Cebu City. This university confer him with a degree of
Doctor of Laws (
Honoris Causa) in
1999.
Legislator and Constitutionalist
Davide was later elected as delegate of the 4th district of
Cebu to the
Constitutional Convention (ConCon) in
1971. In
1978, he was elected assemblyman for Cebu in the
Interim Batasang Pambansa (Interim National Legislature) under the opposition. He was its first Minority Floor Leader. He filed the most number of bills of national significance, as well as resolutions to lift martial law, some of which are outnumbered by the dominant party
KBL. In
February 1986, then
President Corazon C. Aquino convened the Constitutional Commission (ConCom), and appointed Davide one of its fifty Commissioners.
COMELEC and the 1989 coup
In
February 1988, President Aquino appointed Davide as Chairman of the
Commission on Elections (
COMELEC). In
December 1,
1989, military rebels attempt to oust President Aquino by a bloody
coup attempt. After the rebels retreated, President Aquino appointed Davide as Chairman of the Presidential Fact-finding Commission to conduct an investigation on the rebellion and the involvement in of military, civilian officials and private persons. Congress passed Republic Act No. 6832, enhanced Davide's power through a broader Fact-finding Commission to conduct a thorough investigation.
Supreme Court
Davide was appointed as
Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court on
January 24,
1991. From
January 2,
1996 to
August 30,
1997, in a concurrent position, he sat as a member of the Senate Electoral Tribunal overseeing the protest filed by former
Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and
Rodolfo Biazon. The protests were dismissed in
1998 when petitioners gained the Senate seat in the
May 11 election but the case against election officials were upheld in
2004. He was also the Working Chairman of the Court’s Third Division from January 2, 1996 to September 7, 1997, and Chairman of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal from
September 1,
1997 to
November 30,
1998 overseeing protests filed by congressional candidates.
On
November 30,
1998, president
Joseph Estrada appointed Davide the 20th
Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. He took his oath of office at the Bonifacio Shrine in
Manila.
In
2000, Davide served as the presiding officer of the Estrada impeachment trial. Following the
EDSA II Revolution that toppled Estrada from power, Davide administered the oath of office to
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in front of the massive crowd at the
EDSA Shrine.
The
Philippine Daily Inquirer named him the
2000 Filipino of the year. In
2003, he was given a
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service. As a call of duty and as a Cebuano, he administered the oath of office to
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and
Noli de Castro in the Cebu City capitol.
Davide retired as
chief magistrate on
December 20,
2005 after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. He was succeeded by
Artemio Panganiban.
In
January 24,
2006, Philippine President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Davide as presidential adviser on electoral reforms. He is expected to recommend measures and policies to the president that would help reform the country's electoral system, which is widely perceived by the Filipino public as corrupt. The appointment was announced on a
Council of State meeting convened by Arroyo.
United Nations
Davide is the current Philippine representative to the UN in New York.
Personal life
Jun, as many call him, is married to Virginia Jimenea Perez. They have five children, namely: Hilario III (an incumbent city councilor in
Cebu City), Joseph Bryan Hilary, Sheryl Ann, Noreen, and Delster Emmanuel.
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