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Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2018 to 2019
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Purugganan and the surname or paternal family name is Bersamin.
Lucas "Luke" Purugganan Bersamin (born October 18, 1949) is a Filipino lawyer and jurist who currently serves as the 40th Executive Secretary of the Philippines. Bersamin previously served in the Supreme Court of the Philippines for 10 years, first as an associate justice from 2009 to 2018 and then as the 25th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2018 until his retirement in 2019. He was named by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the high court as an associate justice on April 2, 2009. Prior to becoming an associate justice, he was a member of the Court of Appeals.
He was the chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System and a member of its board of trustees since 2020 until his appointment as Executive Secretary in the Marcos Jr. administration, as confirmed by Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles on September 27, 2022.
Biography
Bersamin graduated as valedictorian from Colegio del Sagrado Corazon in Bangued in 1961 for his elementary education and from Saint Joseph Seminary, also in Bangued, in 1965 for his secondary education. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines in 1968 and graduated from the University of the EastCollege of Law in 1973. He placed 9th in the 1973 Bar Examinations, with an average of 86.3%. He was then named a fellow at the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute in Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
On February 6, 2020, Bersamin was appointed by Duterte to be the chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and a member of the agency's board of trustees. He will serve the unexpired term of former GSIS president Jesus Clint Aranas, which ended on June 30, 2020.
He is the brother of congressman Luis "Chito" Bersamin Jr. of Abra, who was gunned down during a wedding ceremony and of Abra governor Eustaquio Bersamin.
Personal life
Bersamin is married to the former Aurora A. Bagares, a business proprietress, with whom he has three children: Pia Cristina, Luis Isidro, and Lucas Riel Jr.
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Official Portrait, 2020
