Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Hilario G. Davide, Jr.
CEBU, Philippines — He is a retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who had a long and distinguished career in the Philippine judiciary.
After his retirement, he was designated as permanent representative of the Philippines to the United Nations from 2007 to 2010. He also held several public positions including chair of the Philippine Truth Commission, chairman of the Commission on Elections, commissioner of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the 1987 Constitution, and as Assemblyman and Minority Floor Leader of the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
He currently serves as member of the Philippine National Group of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. He is also President of the Association of Retired Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Because of his numerous contributions, Davide was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2002, recognized by the American Bar Association by its International Rule of Law Award in 2006, and bestowed the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester in 2011.
He was likewise conferred the Cebu City’s highest honor—the Rajah Humabon Award in 2001, and named as Most Outstanding Cebuano by the Province of Cebu in 1999.
Davide started his early education in public schools in Argao and Cebu City. He earned his Bachelor of Laws in 1959 from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He was awarded honorary doctoral degrees in law, public administration, and humanities by thirteen Philippine universities and colleges as well as an honorary doctorate from Soka University in Japan.
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