Lucas Bersamin
Lucas Bersamin | |
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Official Portrait, 2020 | |
| 40th Executive Secretary of the Philippines | |
| Assumed office September 27, 2022 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Vic Rodriguez |
| 25th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| In office November 26, 2018 – October 18, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Teresita de Castro |
| Succeeded by | Diosdado Peralta |
| 163rd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines | |
| In office April 3, 2009 – November 28, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Azcuna |
| Succeeded by | Henri Jean Paul Inting |
| Chairman of the Government Service Insurance System | |
| In office February 6, 2020 – September 27, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Jesus Clint Aranas Rolando Macasaet (OIC) |
| Succeeded by | Jose Arnulfo Veloso (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 18, 1949 Bangued, Abra, Philippines |
| Spouse | Aurora Bagares |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of the Philippines (BA) University of the East (LL.B.) |
| Affiliation | Scintilla Juris Fraternity |
Lucas Purugganan "Luke" Bersamin (born October 18, 1949) is a Filipino lawyer and jurist who has served as the 40th executive secretary of the Philippines under President Bongbong Marcos since 2022. He previously served as the 25th chief justice of the Philippines from 2018 and 2019 and as an associate justice from 2009 to 2018.
A graduate of University of the Philippines Diliman and the University of the East College of Law, Bersamin entered the judiciary in 1986, when he became a trial court judge in Quezon City. In 2003, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Bersamin to the Court of Appeals before she elevated him to the Supreme Court in 2009. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed him chief justice in 2018 before leaving the court a year later. After his departure, he chaired the Government Service Insurance System from 2020 to 2022 before being appointed as the executive secretary under President Marcos.