Jose Calida

Jose Calida
Solicitor General of the Philippines
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
President Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by Florin Hilbay
Executive Director of the Dangerous Drugs Board
In office
January 21, 2004  October 31, 2004
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by Efren Q. Fernandez
Succeeded by Edgar C. Galvante
Undersecretary of the Department of Justice
In office
March 12, 2001  January 20, 2004
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Personal details
Born Jose Callangan Calida
(1950-07-07) July 7, 1950
Nuevo Iloco, Davao, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Political party Citizens' Battle Against Corruption
Spouse(s) Milagros Parantar Ordaneza
Alma mater Ateneo de Davao University
Ateneo de Manila University
Occupation Politician, business executive
Profession Lawyer

Jose "Jun" Callangan Calida (born July 7, 1950)[1] is a Filipino lawyer and current Solicitor General of the Philippines. He was sworn into the post on June 30, 2016 to replace Florin Hilbay. He previously served in the Arroyo administration as Undersecretary of the Department of Justice and as Executive Director of the Dangerous Drugs Board.[2][3]

Life and education

Calida was born in Nuevo Iloco, Davao in what is now the municipality of Mawab, Compostela Valley.[4][5] [6] A born again Christian and member of the Jesus is Lord movement, he is married to Milagros Parantar Ordaneza who is also from Davao with whom he has three children.[1][3]

Calida holds a bachelor's degree in English from the Ateneo de Davao University in 1969. He studied law at the Ateneo de Manila University Law School where he was a dean's lister. He graduated in 1973 and was admitted to the Bar the following year with a general average of 83.25 percent (the highest grade of 100 percent in Criminal Law, 90 percent in Civil Law and 90 percent in Taxation) in the 1974 Philippine Bar Examination.[3][1]

Calida is a member of the Aquila Legis Fraternity.

Career

Calida is a practicing lawyer and founding partner of J. Calida & Associates law firm based in Davao del Sur. He served as secretary general of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption during the administration of President Fidel Ramos and was the convenor of the God’s People’s Coalition for Righteousness that staged protests and prayer rallies against the proliferation of pornography and smut films in the 1990s. In 1997, he led the group called Support the Initiatives for the Good of the Nation or SIGN which pushed for Charter Change through people's initiative and helped the Pirma movement gather signatures to allow then President Fidel Ramos to run for reelection through a plebiscite.[1][3] He also co-founded the party list group called Citizens' Battle Against Corruption and served as its president in 1997.

Calida was a member of the prosecution team during the impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada in 2000. Following the Second EDSA Revolution, he was appointed by the newly installed President Gloria Arroyo as the Undersecretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Secretary Hernando B. Perez in 2001, Merceditas Gutierrez in 2002, and Simeon Datumanong in 2003. As Justice Undersecretary, he was in charge of the National Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, the DOJ Task Force on Corruption and Internal Security, and the DOJ Task Force on Financial Fraud and Money Laundering. In 2004, he assumed the leadership of the Dangerous Drugs Board as the agency's Executive Director.[3]

Calida returned to private law and business after leaving government service in October 2004. He was president and chairman of the Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency which won a contract with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation in 2010. He also served as senior vice president of the insurance company Prudential Guarantee and Assurance Inc. Calida was endorsed by then Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as a candidate for the Ombudsman post in 2011. Prior to his return to government service, he was also one of the campaign managers of the 2016 Duterte presidential campaign.[3][1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lo, R. (20 July 2002). "Donna and Carlo: No plan to do Nida Blanca movie". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 Inquirer Research; Pacia, S.I. "The Duterte Administration". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Duterte Cabinet". Interaksyon. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. "Law List". Supreme Court of the Philippines. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. "Lawyers List". Integrated Bar of the Philippines. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. Perez, A.S. (31 May 2016). "Duterte bares more cabinet members". Sun.Star Davao. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Efren Q. Fernandez
Executive Director of the Dangerous Drugs Board
January 21, 2004–October 31, 2004
Succeeded by
Edgar C. Galvante
Preceded by
Florin Hilbay
Solicitor General of the Philippines
2016–present
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Ernesto Abella
as Presidential Spokesperson
Order of Precedence of the Philippines
as Solicitor General of the Philippines
Succeeded by
Salvador Panelo
as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
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