View source for Conrado M. Vasquez

{{more citations needed|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]]
| honorific_suffix =
|name        = Conrado M. Vasquez
|image       = Conradovasquez.jpg
|imagesize   = frameless
|alt         =
|caption     =
|office      = 102nd [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
|term_start  = May 14, 1982
|term_end    = September 3, 1983
|appointer   = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
|predecessor = [[Ramon C. Fernandez]]
|successor   = [[Buenaventura S. De la Fuente]]
|office2     = 1st [[Ombudsman of the Philippines]]
| president2 = [[Corazon Aquino]]<br />[[Fidel V. Ramos]]
| term_start2 = May 12, 1988
| term_end2   = May 12, 1995
| predecessor2 = ''Position established''
| successor2           =[[Aniano A. Desierto]]
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1913|9|3|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[Biñan, Laguna]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2006|9|19|1913|9|3|mf=y}}
|death_place =
|spouse      =
|affiliation =
|religion    =
|signature   =
|footnotes   =
}}
'''Conrado M. Vasquez''' (September 3, 1913 – September 19, 2006) was the first [[Philippine Ombudsman|Ombudsman of the Philippines]] and an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]].
== Early career ==
Vasquez earned his law degree from the [[University of the Philippines]], graduating valedictorian of his class in 1937. After a brief stint in private practice, he first joined the government service as a lawyer with the [[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Department of Justice]]. Beginning in 1954, he would serve as a trial court judge in [[Batangas]] and [[Manila]] until his elevation to the [[Philippine Court of Appeals|Court of Appeals]] in 1973. During that time, Vasquez would also teach law in several Manila law schools.
== Associate Justice, then Ombudsman ==
At the age of 68, Vasquez was appointed by [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]] as an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] on May 14, 1982. He served on the Court for less than two years and was obliged to retire upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 on September 3, 1983.
== Retirement ==
Vasquez was taken out of retirement from government service during the term of President [[Corazon Aquino]]. The [[Constitution of the Philippines|1987 Constitution]] had created the [[Philippine Ombudsman|Office of the Ombudsman]] with jurisdiction in the investigation and discipline of public officials and government employees. In May 1988, President Aquino appointed the 74-year-old Vasquez because of the Zaldivar doctrine of the Supreme Court. He would serve out the full 7-year term, finally retiring from public life in 1995. His daughter Leonora, served in the executive branch under various capacities during the administrations of Presidents [[Fidel Ramos]] and [[Joseph Estrada]].
== Death ==
Vasquez died on September 19, 2006, sixteen days after his 93rd birthday. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving former Justice of the Supreme Court.
== Awards ==
'''{{Flag|The Philippines}}:'''
* [[File:Order_of_the_Knights_of_Rizal_Ribbon.png|85x85px]] Supreme Commander and [[Knight]] of the [[Order of the Knights of Rizal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.knights-of-rizal.org/our-story/|url-status=live|website=Knights of Rizal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615010658/https://www.knights-of-rizal.org/our-story/ |archive-date=2021-06-15 }}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book |last= Sevilla|first= Victor J.|title= Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Vol. III|year= 1985|publisher= New Day Publishers|location= Quezon City, Philippines  |isbn= 971-10-0139-X|pages= 173–174}}
{{Philippine Ombudsman}}
{{start box}}
{{succession box |
before= [[Ramon C. Fernandez]]|
title= [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] |
years= 1982–1983|
after= [[Buenaventura S. De la Fuente]]
}}
{{succession box |
before= [[Post Created]]      |
title= [[Philippine Ombudsman|Ombudsman of the Republic of the Philippines]]                                      |
years= 1988–1995|
after= [[Aniano A. Desierto]]
}}
{{end box}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vasquez, Conrado M.}}
[[Category:Associate justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Ombudsmen in the Philippines]]
[[Category:People from Biñan]]
[[Category:1913 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:University of the Philippines alumni]]
[[Category:Ramos administration personnel]]
[[Category:Corazon Aquino administration personnel]]
[[Category:Justices of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines]]
[[Category:20th-century Filipino judges]]