1. Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta was born on March 27,1952 and is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021.
12 Facts About Diosdado Peralta
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Diosdado Peralta previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13,2009, to October 22,2019.
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Diosdado Peralta is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to the high tribunal.
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Diosdado Peralta is married to Fernanda Lampas-Peralta, an associate justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals.
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Diosdado Peralta worked in the private sector before joining government service as an assistant city prosecutor in Laoag City and Manila.
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On September 22,1994, Diosdado Peralta was appointed judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 95, Quezon City, which was designated as Special Criminal Court on Heinous Crimes and, later, Drugs Cases, then named to the Sandiganbayan in 2002 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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Diosdado Peralta was designated presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan in March 2008, and served in that capacity until his appointment to the Supreme Court.
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Diosdado Peralta is the chairperson of the High Court's Committee on the Revision of the Benchbook on the Application, Computation, and Graduation of Penalties.
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Diosdado Peralta previously sat as a member of the House of Representative Electoral Tribunal.
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Diosdado Peralta was the chairman of the 2014 Philippine Bar Examination committee.
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On October 23,2019, Diosdado Peralta was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, succeeding Lucas Bersamin.
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Diosdado Peralta was the recipient of several commendations, two of which were the Special Centennial Awards in the Field of Criminal Law, given by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Supreme Court during its centennial celebration on June 6,2001, and the Judicial Excellence Awards 2002.