Teresita de Castro

thumb|right|Teresita de Castro 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. Quotes I think the employees and the officials of the Court equally deserve appreciation from the justices. You have (stood) up with courage in supporting the justices regardless of any personal inconvenience or risk on your part. De Castro ends chief justice stint, leaves gifts to court workers Rappler External links Category:Living people Category:Women born in the 1940s Category:Lawyers from the Philippines Category:Judges from the Philippines Category:Women in law Category:1948 births