Flérida Ruth Pineda-Romero (August 1, 1929 – December 8, 2017) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Flerida Ruth Pineda-Romero | |
|---|---|
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| In office October 21, 1991 – August 1, 1999 | |
| Appointed by | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Abraham Sarmiento |
| Succeeded by | Sabino R. De Leon Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1929 Tondo, Manila, Philippine Islands |
| Died | December 8, 2017 (aged 88) Manila, Philippines |
Early life and education edit
Pineda-Romero was born in Tondo, Manila, the daughter of Pedro Pineda and Juliana de la Cruz. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother was a suffragist and teacher.[1] Romero received a law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1952, and an LL.M. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1955.[2] Justice Romero was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law's Academy of Alumni Fellows in 1994. She was awarded an honorary LL.D. by Indiana University in 2000.[3]
Career edit
Pineda-Romero was Director and Dean of the University of the Philippines School of Labor and Industrial Relations from 1962 to 1963. She became known as an expert on the Civil Code of the Philippines and was a long-time professor at the UP College of Law. In 1969, she was one of five professional women from Asian countries to speak at the Assembly of Indiana Church Women United.[4] In 1987, she was secretary-general of the Philippine Constitutional Convention, and helped draft the new constitution of the Philippines.[2]
In 1986, Romero became a Special Assistant to President Corazon Aquino,[5] and in 1991, Aquino appointed her to replace Abraham Sarmiento in the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Romero assumed office on October 21, 1991, and served until her 70th birthday, August 1, 1999, at which time she was required to step down from the court due to the age limit imposed by the Constitution of the Philippines. During her tenure on the court, she served on the panel which began the investigation into the GSIS-Meralco bribery case.
Personal life edit
Pineda married a fellow lawyer, Orlando Romero. They had two sons.[1] She died in 2017, at the age of 88, in Manila.
References edit
- ^ a b Schultz, Ulrike; Shaw, Gisela; Thornton, Margaret; Auchmuty, Rosemary (2021-02-25). Gender and Careers in the Legal Academy. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-5099-2313-7.
- ^ a b "Helping Philippines". The Tribune. 1987-02-04. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-02-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mellencamp to speak at I. U. Commencement". The South Bend Tribune. 2000-04-20. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-02-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "To Speak to Church Women at State Convention May 7". Palladium-Item. 1969-04-20. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-02-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aquino aide dies of cancer". The Kansas City Star. 1988-03-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-02-13 – via Newspapers.com.
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