Pedro Tuason
The Honorable Pedro Tuason | |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | |
In office June 25, 1946 – January 4, 1954 | |
Appointed by | Manuel Roxas |
Preceded by | Antonio Horilleno |
Succeeded by | Alfonso Felix |
Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals | |
In office 1938–1946 | |
Appointed by | Manuel L. Quezon |
Solicitor General of the Philippines | |
as Attorney General of the Bureau of Justice | |
In office January 1, 1921 – June 30, 1921 | |
Preceded by | Felecisimo R. Feria |
Succeeded by | Antonio Villareal |
as Solicitor General | |
In office July 1, 1936 – August 17, 1938 | |
President | Manuel Quezon |
Preceded by | Serafin P. Hilado |
Succeeded by | Roman Ozaeta |
Personal details | |
Born | Pedro Tiangco Tuason September 15, 1884 Georgetown University Yale University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Pedro Tiangco Tuason was a prominent Filipino lawyer and government official. Born in
Having passed the bar examinations in 1912, he was appointed Provincial Fiscal of Misamis, Surigao, Agusan (now Agusan del Norte and del Sur), and Ilocos Sur. He became assistant attorney in the Bureau of Justice in 1918 and, in 1921, occupied the Office of the Attorney General in an acting capacity. He again served as an assistant attorney of the Bureau of Justice from 1921 to 1922. From 1922 until 1936, he was successively judge of the Courts of First Instance of Albay, both Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, Tayabas, Rizal, and Branch I of Manila. ("Justices of the Supreme Court", vol.2; pp. 57–61.) He became the Solicitor General in 1936, serving until 1938 when he was appointed associate justice of the Court of Appeals. In 1946, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and after retirement he was rehired by the government to serve the Department of Justice for a few years.[2] He died on June 28, 1961.