Leila de Lima

Leila de Lima (born August 27, 1959) is a Filipino lawyer. She was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights on May 2008 and served until June 30, 2010^[1] when she resigned and appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Justice. She resigned October 12, 2015 to focus on her candidacy for the Senate in the 2016 election.

She is Catholic.^[2] She is a devotee of Our Lady of Manaoag.^[3]^[4]

Sources

↑ "The Fighter: How Leila de Lima Ended Up Leading the Opposition to Rodrigo Duterte's Drug War". Time. December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
↑ Wee, Sui-Lee (November 13, 2023). "Leila de Lima, Critic of Duterte's Drug War, Is Released on Bail". The New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
↑ Ramirez, Joanne Rae M. (November 17, 2023). "Leila de Lima: Keeping the faith". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
↑ "Why De Lima defied security advice, chose Manaoag as her first stop". Rappler. November 14, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

[Time_for_Leila-1] "The Fighter: How Leila de Lima Ended Up Leading the Opposition to Rodrigo Duterte's Drug War". Time. December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.

[2] Wee, Sui-Lee (November 13, 2023). "Leila de Lima, Critic of Duterte's Drug War, Is Released on Bail". The New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

[3] Ramirez, Joanne Rae M. (November 17, 2023). "Leila de Lima: Keeping the faith". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

[4] "Why De Lima defied security advice, chose Manaoag as her first stop". Rappler. November 14, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

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