Profile :: The Honorable
SERGIO A. F. APOSTOL
Chief
Presidential Legal Counsel
Tel#: 7361171
Fax#: 7361044 
Full name : Sergio
Antonio Figueroa Apostol
Nickname : Serge/Serging
Sex : Male
Date of birth : January
17, 1935
Place of birth : Catbalogan,
Samar
Civil status : Married
Name of spouse : Congw.
Trinidad “Ebbie” G. Apostol
Children : Seven
(7)
Simplicio G. Apostol
Maria Abegail A. Albaladejo
Arlette A. Amorado
Amelyn A. Buenviaje
Anlie G. Apostol
Sergio Antonio G. Apostol, Jr.
Maria Antoinette M. Apostol
Citizenship : Filipino
Religion : Roman
Catholic
Office number : NEB
Office -734-3344/734-6761
Mabini
office -736-1171/736-1044
Occupation : Lawyer,
Businessman, Government Official
Elementary : Barugo Elementary
School 1942 to
1948
High school : Samar High School 1948
to 1952
College : Letran
College, Associate in Arts 1952
to 1954
Law : Ateneo
de Manila University 1954 to 1958
Elementary : Consistent Honor Student
Graduated
as First Honorable Mention
High school : Graduated as
Salutatorian
College : Consistent
Honor Student
College
Scholar
Graduated as Cum Laude
Law : 7th
placer in the 1958 bar exams
Consistent Honor Student
Associate
Editor of ADMU Law Journal
Inclusive
dates |
Position |
Office |
1959 |
Municipal Councilor |
Municipal Gov’t.
Barugo, Leyte |
1963-1967 |
Provincial Board
Member |
Province of Leyte |
5/26/69-7/20/75 |
District Judge |
Court of First Instance,
Br. XVI, Quezon City |
7/21/75-12/31/77 |
Executive Judge |
Court of First Instance,
Br. XVI, Quezon City |
8/16/81 |
District Judge |
Court of First
Instance, Br. XVI, Quezon City |
1/17/81-1986 |
City Fiscal, Quezon
City |
Ministry of Justice |
1982-1986 |
MMC Chief Legal
Counsel |
Metro Manila Commission |
1983-1986 |
APO NEDA Consultant |
APO-NEDA |
1984-1986 |
Consultant |
Ministry of Human
Settlement |
1962-1992 |
Professor of Law
& Pre-bar
Reviewer |
UP, Ateneo, UST,
FEU &
Leyte Colleges |
1986-1992 |
Senior
Partner |
Apostol, Gomaru & Balgua
Law Offices |
1992-2001 |
Representative,
2nd district of Leyte |
House of Representatives,
Quezon City |
July 1998-Jan 24,
2001 |
Senior Deputy Minority
Leader, 11th Congress |
House of Representatives,
Quezon City |
Jan 25, 2001-June
2001 |
MajorityLeader 11th
Congress |
House of Representatives,
Quezon City |
2001-2004 |
President, CEO, & Chairman
of the Board |
Philippine National
Oil Company-Energy Development Corporation |
Nov 8, 2005-Jan
2007 |
Chairman of the Board |
United Coconut Planters
Bank-General Insurance |
Oct 23, 2006-present |
Secretary |
Office of the Chief
Presidential Legal Counsel |
Scholarship
Grants & Service
Training/Study Attended |
Training
courses |
Date
of Training |
Venue |
World Law Conference |
August 21-26, 1977 |
Philippine International
Convention Center |
International Law
Association |
1978 |
Manila |
International Penal
Laws |
September 1979 |
Hanburg, Germany |
Certificate of
Completion – Special
Lecturer |
April
27, 1972 |
UP Law Center |
Certificate of
Completion – Remedial
Law Revisited |
November
6-18, 1972 |
UP Law Center |
Certificate of Completion
- Special Lecturer,
1973 Constitution |
December
3-6, 1973 |
UP Law Center |
Certificate of
Completion – Seminar
on Management Executive Course |
August to October
1974 |
The Executive Development
Academy |
Certificate of
Attendance - International Law Association,
58th Conference |
August 27- September
2, 1978 |
Manila |
Certificate of Participation – Symposuim/Dialogue |
October 29, 1983 |
Integrated Bar
of the Philippines |
- Essentials of Evidence
- Essentials of Special Proceedings
- Essentials of Criminal Procedure
- Legal and Judicial Ethics
- Essentials of Criminal Law
- Essentials of Civil Procedure, Provisional Remedies,
and Special Civil Action
Awards and Commendations
Received as Legislator |
Top 15 Congressmen The
Pillars of the New Republic
9th Congress Magazine
1992-1993
First regular
session
Top 10 Congressmen The
Pillars of the New Republic
9th Congress Magazine
1993-1994
Second Regular
Session
Top 10 Neophyte Congressmen The
Congressional Press Club
9th Congress
Most Outstanding Congressman The
Congressional Press Club
9th Congress
Top 18 Dynamic Congressmen The
Pillars of the New Republic
10th Congress Magazine
1995-1996
First Regular Session
10 Most Outstanding Congressmen Metropolitan
Press Radio-TV
Of 1997 Club
of the Philippines
Dec. 13,
1997
30 Most Outstanding Congressmen Makati
School of Journalism and
Arts
and Congress Magazine
Ten Outstanding Older Legislator Prama Foundation,
April 30, 1999 1999
International Year of the Older Persons, Mandarin
Oriental, Grand Ballroom,
Makati City
24 Outstanding Congressmen Philippine
Graphic Magazine
(1998-1999) August
23, 1999
Master Interpellator Minority
Group and Staff of the
(1999) House
of Representatives
Outstanding legislators Public
Eye Magazine
At the Turn of the Century 1999
* The abovementioned awards and commendations
were received by him in accordance with the following
standards:
- General performance in the plenary
hall, including sponsorship/privilege speeches,
interpellations, debates and explanation of votes;
- Direct participation in committee hearings;
- Quality, quantity and general applicability of
the bills filed;
- Conscientiousness and devotion to congressional
duties;
- Quality of leadership in confronting national issues;
and
- Attendance.
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