Regalado Maambong
Batasang Pambansa from Cebu | |
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In office July 23, 1984 – March 25, 1986 Serving with Emerito Calderon, Nenita Cortes-Daluz, Ramon Durano III, Luisito Patalinjug and Adelino Sitoy | |
Member of Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 | |
In office June 2, 1986 – October 15, 1986 | |
President | Corazon Aquino |
Commission on Elections commissioner | |
In office June 6, 1991 – February 15, 1998 | |
President | Corazon Aquino |
Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines | |
In office April 15, 2002 – January 2, 2009 | |
President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Personal details | |
Born | January 2, 1939 |
Died | May 27, 2011 | (aged 72)
Regalado "Dodong" E. Maambong (January 2, 1939 – May 27, 2011) was a Filipino jurist, politician and member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, which drafted the Constitution of the Philippines.[1][2]
Profile and career
He was born in
Maambong served in both the Filipino legislative and executive branches of government.
After the fall of
Maambong retired from Comelec and ran as a candidate for Governor of Cebu in 2001.[2] However, he was defeated by Pablo Garcia.[2] In 2002, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed him as an associate justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines.[2] He served as the chairman of the 15th Division of the Court of Appeals until 2009.[2] Maambong made an unsuccessful bid for the Philippines Senate in 2010.[2]
He was considered an expert in election law.[1] Maambong spearheaded and advocated the automation of the Philippines election system, which was fully implemented for the May 2010 Philippine general election.[1]
Death
Regalado Maambong died from multiple organ failure at his
Philippines Chief Justice
References
- ^ ABS-CBN Network. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- Cebu Daily News. 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-15.