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'''Teresita "Tess" Leonardo-De Castro''' (born '''Teresita Jose Leonardo'''; October 10, 1948)<ref>''[http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/supremecourtjustices/chiefjustice/183 Profile on Website Supreme Court of the Philippines]''</ref><ref>Lian Buan, ''[https://www.rappler.com/nation/213778-chief-justice-teresita-de-castro-ends-stint-gifts-court-workers De Castro ends chief justice stint, leaves gifts to court workers]'', Rappler.com (October 8, 2018)</ref> is a [[Philippines|Filipina]] who served as the 24th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]; appointed by President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] on August 28, 2018. She assumed the vacated position since her predecessor, [[Maria Lourdes Sereno]], was removed via a [[Quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno|''quo warranto'' petition]] (by declaring Sereno a ''de facto'' chief justice and making the her 2012 appointment null and void ''ab initio''); making De Castro the ''de jure'' 24th chief justice, making her the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news|title=Teresita Leonardo de Castro is new Chief Justice|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/08/25/Chief-Justice-Teresita-Leonardo-de-Castro.html|work=CNN Philippines|date=August 25, 2018|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref>