1. Menardo Ilasco Guevarra was born on May 23,1954 and is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos.
23 Facts About Menardo Guevarra
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Menardo Guevarra previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III.
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Menardo Guevarra was an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated in 1974.
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Menardo Guevarra was born on May 23,1954, in Malhacan, Meycauayan, Bulacan.
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Menardo Guevarra attended Meycauayan College, formerly Meycauayan Institute, and completed his secondary education in 1970.
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Menardo Guevarra then enrolled at the University of the Philippines Diliman and completed his master's degree in economics in 1977.
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Menardo Guevarra then served as a staff economist at the National Economic and Development Authority and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas while pursuing his law degree at the Ateneo de Manila Law School.
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Menardo Guevarra underwent an intensive practical training in Maritime and Admiralty law at the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Limited in London, UK in 1999.
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Menardo Guevarra first worked as an economist after finishing his master's degree in economics in 1977.
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Menardo Guevarra joined the National Economic and Development Authority in 1977 and served as a staff economist until 1983.
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Menardo Guevarra was then hired by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as a bank economist under its Department of Economic Research from 1983 to 1986.
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Since 1990, Menardo Guevarra had been teaching at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University as a member of the Law School faculty.
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Menardo Guevarra taught a broad range of subjects, including Property, Civil Procedure and Evidence.
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Menardo Guevarra's clients included well-known personalities such as Sharon Cuneta and Rodrigo Duterte.
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Menardo Guevarra served as Accredited Arbitraror of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, the arbitration arm of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Menardo Guevarra returned to government service in September 2010 when he was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III to the five-member Philippine Truth Commission formed to investigate the alleged corruption scandals of the previous Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administration.
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Menardo Guevarra then assumed the position of deputy executive secretary for legal affairs under Aquino's executive secretary and his law school classmate Paquito Ochoa Jr.
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Menardo Guevarra served briefly as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission in February 2016 until the end of Aquino's term in June 2016.
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Menardo Guevarra sat briefly as an ex-officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council.
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On June 30,2016, upon the assumption of Rodrigo Duterte as President of the Philippines, Menardo Guevarra returned to the deputy executive secretary portfolio under his former law partner Salvador Medialdea.
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Menardo Guevarra was appointed ad interim justice secretary on April 5,2018, replacing Vitaliano Aguirre II.
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Menardo Guevarra's appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments in May 2018.
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Menardo Guevarra is married to Cynthia with whom he has four children.