Background
Bengzon, Jose P. was born on May 5, 1898 in Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines.
Bengzon, Jose P. was born on May 5, 1898 in Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines.
Ateneo de Manila (Bachelor of Arts). University of the Philippines (Bachelor of Laws). Elected Member of Congress, 1941.
City Fiscal of Manila, 1946-1948.
Under-Secretary of Justice, 1948-1950. Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration, 1949-1950.
Secretary of Justice, 1950-1951. Awarded Philippine Legion of Honor in the Degree of Commander, 1958.
Chief, Philippines Reparations Mission (Tokyo, Japan), 1962.
Presiding Justice, Associate, Philippine Supreme Court, 1964-1968. Consultant to Philippine Supreme Court on Judicial Administration and Supervision of all Courts, since 1973. Elected Member Interim Batasan Pambansa, Philippine Parliament, 1978.
Spoken languages: Pilipino, English and Spanish.
Worked at Bengzon Narciso Cudala Pecson Bengson & Jimenez (Metro Manila) specializing in General Practice. Civil and Commercial Law, Corporation, Banking and Finance, Foreign Investments, Telecommunications, Labor and Industrial Relations, Taxation, Real Property Law, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, Immigration and Deportation Cases, Public Utility and Mining, Election Law. Admitted to the bar, 1921, Philippines.
Served in three Branches of the Government: in the Executive, as City Fiscal of Manila, 1946-1948.
Undersecretary of Justice, 1948-1950. Acting Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration, 1949-1950.
Secretary of Justice, 1950-1951. Chief of the Reparations Mission, Tokyo, Japan, 1962.
In the Legislative, as Member of Congress, 1941.
Member of the Interim Batasan Pambansa, Philippine Parliament, 1978. In the Judiciary, as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals, 1962-1964. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1964-1968.
Consultant to the Supreme Court on Judicial Administration and Supervision of all Courts, 1973-1975.
(Deceased, 1990)
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Philippine Bar Association (Vice President, 1967- 1970). Integrated Bar of the Philippines.