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11.22.2005

Cecilia Muñoz-Palma



Cecilia Muñoz-Palma


  • 1st Filipina President of the Constitutional Commission (CONCOM, 1986)
  • 1st Filipina Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court (1973)
  • 1st Filipina district judge in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental (1954)
  • 1st Filipina judge at the Court of First Instance (1950s)
  • 1st Filipina government prosecutor in Quezon City (1947)
  • 1st Filipina bar topnotcher with a grade of 92.6 percent (1937)


QUOTE

“grandiose acts are not the measure of greatness; it is the small things that we do in the name of love and service to God, country and fellowmen that really counts.”


ALIAS
"Justice Celing"


DATE OF BIRTH
November 22, 1913

BIRTHPLACE
Bauan, Batangas, Philippines


HUSBAND: Dean Rodolfo C. Palma (Rodong)
CHILDREN: Pearl, Tadeo and Gustav


YEAR OF DEATH
January 2, 2006


USEFUL LINKS

Woman worthy of Reverence: Cecilia Muñoz Palma
Nation mourns Justice Muñoz-Palma
Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma: Her Tranquil Resignation in the Temple Of Justice
Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, devoted wife
Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma: Making A Real Difference

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