Chief Justice of the Philippines

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The Chief Justice of the Philippines is the highest-ranking judicial officer in the country, presiding over the Supreme Court and serving as the head of the Philippine judiciary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
abbreviation CJP ⓘ
appointedBy President of the Philippines ⓘ
appointmentMethod presidential appointment ⓘ
branch Judicial branch of the Philippines ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy impeachment ⓘ
category Chief justices of the Philippines ⓘ
chairs Judicial and Bar Council ⓘ
en banc sessions of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
constitutionalBasis 1987 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
firstHolder Cayetano Arellano ⓘ
formationDate 1901 ⓘ
hasAuthority administrative supervision over all courts and court personnel ⓘ
headOf Judiciary of the Philippines ⓘ
impeachmentBody Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Philippines
lowerHouseImpeachmentBody House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
nativeLabel Punong Mahistrado ng Pilipinas ⓘ
nativeLanguage Filipino ⓘ
nominatedFrom list submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council ⓘ
officeCity Manila ⓘ
Metro Manila ⓘ
officeHierarchy higher than Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
officeHoldersNumber one at a time ⓘ
officeIn unitary presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
officeLocation Supreme Court of the Philippines building ⓘ
officeType chief justice ⓘ
oversees administration of the Philippine judiciary ⓘ
participatesIn judicial review of laws and executive acts ⓘ
playsRoleIn appointment of members of the judiciary ⓘ
presidesOver Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
rank highest-ranking judicial officer in the Philippines ⓘ
requires confirmation by the Commission on Appointments ⓘ
residenceCountry Philippines ⓘ
responsibleFor promulgation of rules concerning admission to the practice of law ⓘ
promulgation of rules concerning legal assistance to the underprivileged ⓘ
promulgation of rules concerning pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts ⓘ
promulgation of rules concerning the Integrated Bar of the Philippines ⓘ
promulgation of rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights ⓘ
sitsWith Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
style The Honorable ⓘ
supervises lower courts of the Philippines ⓘ
symbolOf independence of the Philippine judiciary ⓘ
termLength until age 70 ⓘ
termLimit mandatory retirement at age 70 ⓘ
trialImpeachmentBody Senate of the Philippines ⓘ

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Judiciary of the Philippines → headedByOffice → Chief Justice of the Philippines ⓘ
Judiciary of the Philippines → supremeCourtComposition → Chief Justice of the Philippines ⓘ
Office of the Court Administrator of the Philippines → subordinateTo → Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of the Philippines
Fifth Republic of the Philippines → judicialBranchHeadTitle → Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of the Philippines
Chief Justice of the Philippines → category → Chief justices of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of the Philippines
Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines → compositionIncludes → Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of the Philippines
Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines → chairperson → Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of the Philippines
Judicial and Bar Council → compositionIncludes → Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
subject linked to: JBC
linked to: Chief Justice of the Philippines