What is Lucas Bersamin?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]] |name = Lucas P. Bersamin |image = Bersamin in robes.jpg |office = 25th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] |appointer = [[Rodrigo Duterte]] |term_start = November 28, 2018 |term_end = October 18, 2019 |predecessor = [[Teresita de Castro]] |successor= [[Diosdado Peralta]] |office1 = 163rd [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] |appointer1 = [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] |term_start1 = April 3, 2009 |term_end1 = November 28, 2018 |predecessor1 = [[Adolfo Azcuna]] |successor1 = ''Vacant'' |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|10|18}} |birth_place = [[Bangued]], [[Abra (province)|Abra]], [[Philippines]] |death_date = |death_place = |education = [[University of the Philippines]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of the East]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |blank1 = Affiliation |data1 = Scintilla Juris Fraternity }} '''Lucas Purugganan Bersamin''' (born October 19, 1949) is a Filipino politician. He was the [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|25th Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Philippine Supreme Court]], the highest court in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://leagueonlinenews.com/news/bersamin-is-the-new-cj/|title=Metro News Today: Bersamin Is The New Chief Justice|date=November 28, 2018|work=League Online News|access-date=December 26, 2018|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322232852/https://leagueonlinenews.com/news/bersamin-is-the-new-cj/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was named by then [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] to the High Court as an Associate Justice on April 2, 2009. He was a member of the Court of Appeals. <ref name=gman>{{cite news|title=Arroyo appoints CA Justice Bersamin to High Court |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/155266/Arroyo-appoints-CA-Justice-Bersamin-to-high-court |publisher=GMANews.TV |date=200