Andres D. Bautista
| Andres D. Bautista | |
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| Chairman of the Commission on Elections | |
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In office April 28, 2015 – Present | |
| Appointed by | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by |
Christian Robert S. Lim (acting) Sixto Brillantes |
Andres D. Bautista is the Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Philippines and former Dean of Institute of Law at Far Eastern University, a private, non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines.
He is a Member of the Consultative Commission on Charter Change, an independent body formed in 2005 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to propose revisions to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
He is a frequent resource speaker on topics concerning Philippine constitutional law and the state of legal education and profession in the country.
He was nominee to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.[1]
Education
Bautista earned a Bachelor of Science in Legal management degree from Ateneo de Manila University in 1986, a Bachelor of Laws, (Class Valedictorian) from Ateneo Law School in 1990, and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1993.
Career
Bautista is the Dean of the Institute of Law at Far Eastern University and the Master of Business Administration-Juris Doctor dual degree program of De La Salle Graduate School of Business and Far Eastern University. He is concurrently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Makati Shangri-la Plaza Hotel.
Bautista is the President of the Philippine Association of Law Schools. He is a Bar Reviewer in Constitutional Law at the National Bar Review Consortium, Lecturer in Constitutional Law and Project Finance at the Ateneo Law School and Far Eastern University Institute of Law, a Trustee of the Philippine Judicial Academy, Member of the Supreme Court Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, Member of the Governing Board of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Office, Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Philippine Constitution Association, as well as Director and Corporate Secretary of the British Chamber of Commerce.
As reported on April 24, 2010, President Benigno Aquino III appointed Bautista as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government.[2] In 2015, he was appointed to the Commission on Elections as its new chair.
While still a law student, Bautista served as Judicial Clerk to then Chief Justice Marcelo Fernan from 1989 to 1992.
In 2014 he was replaced by Atty. Mel Sta. Maria as FEU Law dean.
International conferences
Bautista has been a reactor in the 18th IDP International Education Conference in Sydney in 2004, a participant in the bilateral discussions with the University of Nepal Faculty of Law in Kathmandu in 2002 (no such university name in Nepal), a reactor in the 21st Century Form of Legal Education in Beijing in 2001, a delegate in the Conference on Obstacles to Third World Development in 1988, and Captain of the Philippine Team in the World University Debating Championships also in 1986.
References
- ↑ "Grilling of Chief Justice nominees starts Tuesday". Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ↑ "Andy Bautista to head PCGG". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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