Antonio Carpio

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Antonio T. Carpio

Incumbent
Assumed office 
October 26, 2001
Appointed by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Preceded by Minerva Gonzaga-Reyes

Born October 26, 1949 (1949-10-26) (age 58)
Davao City

Antonio T. Carpio (born October 26, 1949) is an incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and assumed office on October 26, 2001, his 52nd birthday.

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Born in Davao City, Carpio finished grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Davao University. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University, and his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law. He went into private practice and soon emerged as one of the more prominent and successful legal practitioners in the country. Carpio also taught law subjects at the U.P. College of Law from 1983 to 1992.

In 1992, he joined the administration of President Fidel Ramos as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel of the Office of the President. During the presidency of Joseph Estrada, Carpio returned to private practice and penned a regular opinion column published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Carpio was the first Supreme Court appointee of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after her assumption into office in 2001. At 52, he was one of the youngest ever appointees to the Supreme Court, the youngest Justice since Claudio Teehankee, Sr. was appointed at the age of 50 in 1968.

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Preceded by
Minerva Gonzaga-Reyes
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
October 26, 2001–present
Incumbent
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Reynato S. Puno (2006-present)
March 17, 2008– present: L. Quisumbing | C. Ynares-Santiago | A. Carpio | A. Austria-Martinez | R. Corona | C. Carpio-Morales | A. Azcuna | D. Tinga | M. Chico-Nazario | P. Velasco, Jr. | A. Nachura| R. Reyes | T. Leonardo-de Castro | A. Brion
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