Leila de Lima

Leila de Lima (born August 27, 1959) is a Filipino lawyer. She was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights on May 2008 and served until June 30, 2010^[1] when she resigned and appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Justice. She resigned October 12, 2015 to focus on her candidacy for the Senate in the 2016 election.

Leila De Lima Media

Senator Leila de Lima listens to a PNP-CIDG officer who served the warrant for her arrest at the Senate grounds in Pasay. February 24, 2017.

Sources

↑ The Fighter: How Leila de Lima Ended Up Leading the Opposition to Rodrigo Duterte's Drug War. Time. December 14, 2016. http://time.com/4603123/leila-de-lima-philippines-opposition-duterte-drug-war/. Retrieved December 17, 2016.

[Time_for_Leila-1] The Fighter: How Leila de Lima Ended Up Leading the Opposition to Rodrigo Duterte's Drug War. Time. December 14, 2016. http://time.com/4603123/leila-de-lima-philippines-opposition-duterte-drug-war/. Retrieved December 17, 2016.

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