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{{short description|Filipino jurist}}
{{Philippine name|Florendo|Sarmiento}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Abraham F. Sarmiento
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| office = 119th [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
| term_start = January 26, 1987
| term_end = October 7, 1991
| appointer = [[Corazon Aquino]]
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Flerida Ruth Romero]]
| birth_name = Abraham Florendo Sarmiento
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1921|10|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur|Santa Cruz]], [[Ilocos Sur]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|10|3|1921|10|20|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])
▲| spouse = Irene Pascual
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| children = 4, including [[Abraham Sarmiento Jr.|Abraham Jr.]]
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'''Abraham
==Early life and education==
Sarmiento was born in [[Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur]]. He completed his primary and secondary education in [[Laoag City]], [[Ilocos Norte]], graduating as the valedictorian of his high school class. Upon the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II, Sarmiento joined the [[U.S. Army Forces Far East|USAFFE]] and the underground guerilla resistance against the [[Imperial Japanese Army]].<ref name=sc/>
After the war, Sarmiento completed his law studies at the [[University of the Philippines]] [[University of the Philippines College of Law|College of Law]]. He was a member of the [[
==Professional career==
Upon his admission to the Philippine Bar, Sarmiento entered into private practice. In the 1950s, he formed a law partnership with [[Senate of the Philippines|Senators]] [[Gerardo Roxas]] and [[Justiniano Montano]], maintaining his partnership with Roxas until 1967, when he established the Abraham F. Sarmiento Law Office.<ref name=bro/>
Sarmiento successfully ran for a seat to the
===Martial law years===
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==Appointment to the Supreme Court==
Upon the assumption to the presidency of [[Corazon Aquino]], following the [[People Power Revolution|1986 People Power Revolution]], Sarmiento was appointed to the Board of Directors of [[San Miguel Corporation]], which was then under government sequestration.<ref name=sc/> In January 1987, President Aquino appointed Sarmiento as an
During his stint on the Court, Sarmiento held staunch [[civil libertarian]] views. In ''People v. Nazario'', [[Case citation#
At the same time, Sarmiento dissented from the majority in some high-profile cases. In ''Marcos v. Manglapus'', [[Case citation#
==Later years==
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===Death===
Sarmiento died due to apparent organ failure, while visiting [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]], was reported in the Philippine media on October 4, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Justice Sarmiento passes away |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=617925&publicationSubCategoryId=200 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910153655/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=617925&publicationSubCategoryId=200 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-10 |publisher=Philippine Star |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2010-10-04 }}</ref>
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