Newly appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao takes his oath before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo. Dimaampao, who hails from Marawi City, is the second Muslim to sit as Supreme Court Justice. At 57, he is known to be the youngest justice to be appointed at the Court of Appeals at age 40.
He was a former prosecutor and judge at Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court.
A Certified Public Accountant, Justice Dimaampao is a renowned professor, author and bar reviewer in taxation, civil law, commercial law and Shari’ah and Islamic Jurisprudence. Beside him at the oath-taking is his wife, Maria Gina Villapañe-Dimaampao.
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