PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed former Pag-Ibig Fund chief executive officer (CEO) Darlene Marie Berberabe as the new solicitor general.
This was confirmed by outgoing solicitor general Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
“I am happy for Darlene Berberabe. As a top-caliber lawyer with an impressive management background. She will surely do as well as Solicitor General,” Guevarra said.
Guevarra said he will go back to a quiet and peaceful private life.
Berberabe is the current dean of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law.
She is a summa cum laude graduate of Philosophy from UP and class valedictorian of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy in 1989.
The incoming solicitor general served as an associate lawyer in Baker McKenzie Manila, Philippines with specialization in labor law as well as Procter & Gamble Philippines where she was a senior counsel and member of the Leadership Team.
Berberabe has been recognized as an Outstanding CEO in Asia by the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific, outstanding CEO in the public sector by Asia CEO, one of the Ten Outstanding Women in Nation Service in 2013, and one of the 100 Most Influential Filipino Women in 2014.
Guevarra filed his courtesy resignation following the call of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
In March, the Office of the Solicitor General recused itself from the case related to the petition filed by Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte, Davao City First District Representative Paolo Duterte and Veronica Duterte assailing the arrest of their father, former President Rodrigo Duterte.
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