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SECTION 5. There is hereby created the independent Office of the
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1217:Over-all Deputy Ombudsman (1999)
1172:Over-all Deputy Ombudsman (1992)
951:Presidential Anti-Graft Committee
245:Vice President of the Philippines
1402:Supreme Court of the Philippines
1190:August 4, 1995 – August 4, 2002
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427:Supreme Court of the Philippines
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1422:Constitution of the Philippines
1333:Supreme Court Associate Justice
1314:Supreme Court Associate Justice
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1197:Special Prosecutor (1991–1995)
1145:Supreme Court Associate Justice
1121:Post held prior to appointment
953:in 1962; and finally President
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1306:July 28, 2011 – July 28, 2018
1082:Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao
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1261:(5 years, 156 days)
1074:Deputy Ombudsman for Visayas
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1451:Aika Rey (January 8, 2020).
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1268:(2002–2003, 2003–2004)
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1254:Merceditas Gutierrez
1055:Warren Rex H. Liong
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1098:Special Prosecutor
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