Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino judge, Died at 79

Leonardo A. Quisumbing was born on November 6, 1939 and died on January 21, 2019.

He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Quisumbing served as the President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009.

He was a from Masbate, Masbate, Quisumbing graduated valedictorian from the Masbate High School in 1959.

 Quisumbing was a noticeable grounds figure as an undergrad understudy at the Manuel L. Quezon University, where he altered The Quezonian.

Leonardo A. Quisumbing graduated magna cum laude with a level of A.B. News coverage.

Subsequent to graduating, he enlisted at the U.P. School of Law. Quisumbing known as a dissident, he had a long record of association benefit since the 1970s.

Quisumbing was the previous Chairman of the Confederation of Industry Unions of the Philippines, (CINUP), previous leader of the National Alliance of Teachers and Allied Workers (NATAW), and previous secretary-general of the Lakas Manggagawa Labor Center (LMLC).

Leonardo A. Quisumbing passed away at 79 years old.