Sixto Brillantes
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Sixto Serrano Brillantes, Jr. (August 14, 1939 – August 11, 2020) was a Filipino election lawyer. He was the chairman of the Commission on Elections from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III on January 16, 2011.[1][2] He was born in Manila.
On July 25, 2020 he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was hospitalized in Manila.[3] He died from the infection on August 11, 2020 at the age of 80.[4]
References
- ↑ "Statement of President Aquino on the appointment of Attorney Sixto Brillantes as Comelec chair". Official Gazette. January 17, 2011. https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2011/01/17/statement-of-president-aquino-on-the-appointment-of-attorney-sixto-brillantes-as-comelec-chair/. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ↑ "Aquino confident in choice of Brillantes as COMELEC Chairman". Presidential Communications Operations Office. January 17, 2011. https://pcoo.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/News%20Releases/2011/jan17.htm. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ↑ Former Comelec chief Sixto Brillantes has COVID-19 and is intubated, daughter says. 2020-07-25. https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/7/25/sixto-brillantes-covid19-intubated.html. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ↑ Ex-poll chief Brillantes dies after bout with COVID-19