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Leila de Lima

1959 - Today

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Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima (born August 27, 1959) is a Filipino politician, lawyer, human rights activist and law professor who has served as the representative for Mamamayang Liberal, the sectoral wing of the Liberal Party, since 2025. De Lima previously served as a senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 and as secretary of justice from 2010 to 2015. Born in Iriga, Camarines Sur, de Lima was educated at the De La Salle University and the San Beda College of Law. She passed the Philippine Bar Examinations in 1985 and began her legal career as a staff member of Associate Justice Isagani Cruz. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leila de Lima is the 13,471st most popular politician (up from 18,669th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 112th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Filipino Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leila de Lima ranks 13,471 out of 19,576. Before her are José María Castro Madriz, José Díaz, Jacques Barrot, Abdelsalam Majali, Bob Hawke, and Abdullah Ensour. After her are Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Alla Kushnir, Victor Schœlcher, Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Gusakova, and Mariano Melgarejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Leila de Lima ranks 219. Before her are Guy Laliberté, Stephen Wolfram, Sérgio da Rocha, Ferzan Özpetek, Fyodor Yurchikhin, and Aleksei Balabanov. After her are Ricardo Gallego, Adrian Paul, Barbara Krause, David Shore, James MacMillan, and Tsukasa Hojo.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Leila de Lima ranks 45 out of 155. Before her are Francisco Guilledo (1901), José Villanueva (1913), Pedro Paterno (1857), Oscar Cruz (1934), Jaime Sin (1928), and Maria Ressa (1963). After her are Eugenio Torre (1951), Melchora Aquino (1812), Fernando Lopez (1904), Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945), Antonio Luna (1866), and Fernando Poe Jr. (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Leila de Lima ranks 29. Before her are Juan Ponce Enrile (1924), Florencio Campomanes (1927), Arturo Tolentino (1910), Apolinario Mabini (1864), Noli de Castro (1949), and Pedro Paterno (1857). After her are Fernando Lopez (1904), Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945), Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero (1832), Manny Villar (1949), Aileen Baviera (1959), and Jose Maria Sison (1939).

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