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|image=Caludio Teehankee.jpg
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]]
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Philippine Legion of Honor|CCLH]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Philippine Legion of Honor|CCLH]]
| name = Claudio O. Teehankee
| name = Claudio Teehankee
| native_name = 鄭建祥
| native_name = 鄭建祥
| office = 16th [[Chief Justice of the Philippines]]
| office = 16th [[Chief Justice of the Philippines]]
| term_start=April 2, 1987
| term_start = April 2, 1986
| term_end= April 18, 1988
| term_end = April 18, 1988
| predecessor= [[Ramon Aquino]]
| predecessor = [[Ramon Aquino]]
| successor= [[Pedro L. Yap]]
| successor = [[Pedro L. Yap]]
| nominator=[[Corazon Aquino]]
| nominator = [[Corazon Aquino]]
| office2 = 82nd [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
| office2 = 82nd [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
| term_start2=December 17, 1968
| term_start2 = December 17, 1968
| term_end2=April 1, 1987
| term_end2 = April 1, 1987
| predecessor2=Eugenio Angeles
| predecessor2 = Eugenio Angeles
| successor2= [[Andres Narvasa]]
| successor2 = [[Andres Narvasa]]
| nominator2=[[Ferdinand E. Marcos]]
| nominator2 = [[Ferdinand E. Marcos]]
| office3 = [[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Secretary of Justice]]
| office3 = [[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Secretary of Justice]]
| president3 = [[Ferdinand E. Marcos]]
| president3 = [[Ferdinand E. Marcos]]
| term_start3 = August 5, 1967
| term_start3 = August 5, 1967
| term_end3 = December 16, 1968
| term_end3 = December 16, 1968
| predecessor3 = [[Jose Yulo]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jose Yulo]]
| successor3 = [[Juan Ponce Enrile]]
| successor3 = [[Juan Ponce Enrile]]
| birth_name= Claudio Ong Teehankee
| birth_name = Claudio Ong Teehankee
| birth_date= {{Birth date|1918|4|18|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|4|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place= [[Binondo]], [[Manila]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]
| birth_place = [[Binondo]], [[Manila]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]
| death_date= {{death date and age|1989|11|27|1918|4|18|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|11|27|1918|4|18|mf=y}}
| death_place= [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| nationality = Filipino
| nationality = Filipino
| restingplace = [[Libingan ng mga Bayani]], [[Taguig]]
| restingplace = [[Libingan ng mga Bayani]], [[Taguig]]
| alma_mater = [[Ateneo de Manila University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])
| alma_mater = [[Ateneo de Manila University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])
| parents =
| parents = José Tee Han Kee<br>(father; deceased)<br>Julia Sangroniz Ong<br>(mother; deceased)
| spouse = Pilar Angeles Duldulao Javier–Teehankee<br>(m. 1939)
| spouse = Pilar Angeles Duldulao Javier-Teehankee<br>(m. 1939)
| children = 9 (including Claudio, Jr. and Manuel)
| children = 9
| nickname = Dingdong<ref>{{Cite web|last=Panganiban|first=Artemio V.|title=Chief Justice Teehankee Remembered|url=https://cjpanganiban.com/2014/11/27/chief-justice-teehankee-remembered/|date=2014-11-27}}</ref>
| nickname = Dingdong<ref>{{Cite web|last=Panganiban|first=Artemio V.|title=Chief Justice Teehankee Remembered|url=https://cjpanganiban.com/2014/11/27/chief-justice-teehankee-remembered/|date=2014-11-27}}</ref>
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| profession = Jurist, ambassador, lawyer
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'''Claudio "Dingdong" Ong Teehankee''', [[Philippine Legion of Honor|CCLH]] ({{lang-zh|t=鄭建祥|s=郑建祥}}; April 18, 1918 – November 27, 1989) was the 16th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] of the [[Philippines]] from 1987 to 1988.
'''Claudio Ong Teehankee''', [[Philippine Legion of Honor|CCLH]] ({{lang-zh|t=鄭建祥|s=郑建祥}}; April 18, 1918 – November 27, 1989) was the 16th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] of the [[Philippines]] from 1987 to 1988.


He was also the most senior associate justice and chairman of the First Division of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] of the [[Philippines]].
He was also the most senior associate justice and chairman of the First Division of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] of the [[Philippines]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Teehankee was born on April 18, 1918, in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] as the seventh child of Dr. Tee Han Kee and Julia Ong, an ethnic Chinese born in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering Lolo Dingdong|url=https://www.philstar.com/other-sections/newsmakers/2013/05/10/940357/remembering-lolo-dingdong}}</ref>
Teehankee was born on April 18, 1918, in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] as the seventh child of Dr. José Teehankee and Julia Onlaulia Ong y Sangroniz.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering Lolo Dingdong|website=[[The Philippine STAR]] |url=https://www.philstar.com/other-sections/newsmakers/2013/05/10/940357/remembering-lolo-dingdong}}</ref>
[[File:José_Teehankee_Julia_Ong_Sangroniz_Family_Grave_03.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The graves of José Teehankee and Julia Ong Sangroniz, Claudio Teehankee's parents, at the [[Manila Chinese Cemetery]].]]
[[File:José_Teehankee_Julia_Ong_Sangroniz_Family_Grave_03.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The graves of José Teehankee and Julia Ong Sangroniz, Claudio Teehankee's parents, at the [[Manila Chinese Cemetery]].]]
His father, José Tee Han Kee ({{zh|t=鄭漢淇|s=郑汉淇|p=Zhèng Hànqí|poj=Tīⁿ Hàn-kî}}), immigrated to the Philippines in 1901 from [[Fujian]] province in China. He was a close associate and friend of [[Sun Yat-Sen]], and was active in the struggle to liberate China from the Qing dynasty. Dr. Tee Han Kee later became the founding director of [[Chinese General Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tee Han Kee remembered|url=https://tulay.ph/2021/07/18/tee-han-kee-remembered/}}</ref><ref>Tan, Antonio S. (1972), ''The Chinese in the Philippines, 1898–1935: A Study of Their National Awakening'', Manila: R.P. Garcia Publishing Co.</ref> Claudio learned to write in fluent Chinese, and contributed multiple articles later on for the Chinese-language newspaper [[The Fookien Times|The Fookien Times Yearbook]] from 1966 to 1968.<ref name="cj">{{Cite web|title=Chief Justice Claudio O. Teehankee|url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/supremecourtjustices/chiefjustice/17}}</ref>
His father, José Tee Han Kee ({{zh|t=鄭漢淇|s=郑汉淇|p=Zhèng Hànqí|poj=Tīⁿ Hàn-kî}}), immigrated to the Philippines in 1901 from [[Fujian]] province in China. He was a close associate and friend of [[Sun Yat-Sen]], and was active in the struggle to liberate China from the Qing dynasty. Dr. Tee Han Kee later became the founding director of [[Chinese General Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tee Han Kee remembered|url=https://tulay.ph/2021/07/18/tee-han-kee-remembered/}}</ref><ref>Tan, Antonio S. (1972), ''The Chinese in the Philippines, 1898–1935: A Study of Their National Awakening'', Manila: R.P. Garcia Publishing Co.</ref> Claudio learned to write in fluent Chinese, and contributed multiple articles later on for the Chinese-language newspaper [[The Fookien Times|The Fookien Times Yearbook]] from 1966 to 1968.<ref name="cj">{{Cite web|title=Chief Justice Claudio O. Teehankee|url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/supremecourtjustices/chiefjustice/17}}</ref>
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He was known as the court's "activist" justice because of his dissenting opinions in many vital cases affecting the Marcos administration. He was the lone [[dissenter]] in many cases, such as the High Tribunal's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980. He also dissented in policies which would seem to curtail the basic liberties of people. For a time, Teehankee and Justice [[Cecilia Muñoz-Palma]] would dissent together. After Muñoz-Palma's retirement, he was joined by Associate Justice [[Vicente Abad Santos]] in dissenting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cecilia Munoz-Palma, the pioneer|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/features/11/21/08/cecilia-munoz-palma-pioneer|date=2008-11-21}}</ref>
He was known as the court's "activist" justice because of his dissenting opinions in many vital cases affecting the Marcos administration. He was the lone [[dissenter]] in many cases, such as the High Tribunal's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980. He also dissented in policies which would seem to curtail the basic liberties of people. For a time, Teehankee and Justice [[Cecilia Muñoz-Palma]] would dissent together. After Muñoz-Palma's retirement, he was joined by Associate Justice [[Vicente Abad Santos]] in dissenting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cecilia Munoz-Palma, the pioneer|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/features/11/21/08/cecilia-munoz-palma-pioneer|date=2008-11-21}}</ref>


It was this activism that made Marcos 'by-pass' him twice for the position of Chief Justice (the most senior associate justice is most likely to succeed after the retirement of the Chief Justice) in 1985. It was after the removal of Marcos that he was appointed Chief Justice by [[Corazon Aquino]] in 1987.<ref name="cj"/>
It was this activism that made Marcos 'by-pass' him twice for the position of Chief Justice (the most senior associate justice is most likely to succeed after the retirement of the Chief Justice) in 1985. It was after the removal of Marcos that he was appointed Chief Justice by [[Corazon Aquino]] in 1987.<ref name="cj"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Teehankee, Claudio Ong |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/justice-claudio-teehankee/ |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |date=April 13, 2024 |access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref>


==Later years==
==Later years==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Teehankee was married to Pilar D. Javier with whom he had nine children. Like Teehankee, his son Manuel Antonio topped the bar in 1983 and also became a diplomat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sen. Lacson's Sponsorship Speech for the Confirmation of Manuel Antonio Teehankee as PH Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization|url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2018/0321_lacson1.asp}}</ref> He was also the uncle of Political Science professor [[Julio C. Teehankee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Claudio Ong Teehankee|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Claudio-Teehankee/6000000005002495476}}</ref>
Teehankee was married to Pilar D. Javier with whom he had nine children. Like Teehankee, his son Manuel Antonio topped the bar in 1983 and also became a diplomat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sen. Lacson's Sponsorship Speech for the Confirmation of Manuel Antonio Teehankee as PH Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization|url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2018/0321_lacson1.asp}}</ref> He was also the uncle of Political Science professor [[Julio C. Teehankee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Claudio Ong Teehankee|date=May 7, 2022 |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Claudio-Teehankee/6000000005002495476}}</ref>


His son Claudio Jr. would be [[Hultman–Chapman murder case|imprisoned for homicide]] in the early 1990s. The death penalty was reinstated because of concurrent debates after reactions to the public sentence were mixed.
His son Claudio Jr. would be [[Hultman–Chapman murder case|imprisoned for homicide]] in the early 1990s. The death penalty was reinstated because of concurrent debates after reactions to the public sentence were mixed.
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Latest revision as of 12:41, 27 September 2024

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Ong and the surname or paternal family name is Teehankee.

The Honorable
Claudio Teehankee
CCLH
鄭建祥
16th Chief Justice of the Philippines
In office
April 2, 1986 – April 18, 1988
Nominated byCorazon Aquino
Preceded byRamon Aquino
Succeeded byPedro L. Yap
82nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
December 17, 1968 – April 1, 1987
Nominated byFerdinand E. Marcos
Preceded byEugenio Angeles
Succeeded byAndres Narvasa
Secretary of Justice
In office
August 5, 1967 – December 16, 1968
PresidentFerdinand E. Marcos
Preceded byJose Yulo
Succeeded byJuan Ponce Enrile
Personal details
Born
Claudio Ong Teehankee

(1918-04-18)April 18, 1918
Binondo, Manila, Philippine Islands
DiedNovember 27, 1989(1989-11-27) (aged 71)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting placeLibingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig
NationalityFilipino
Spouse(s)Pilar Angeles Duldulao Javier-Teehankee
(m. 1939)
Children9
Alma materAteneo de Manila University (BA, LL.B.)
ProfessionJurist, ambassador, lawyer
NicknameDingdong[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄭建祥
Simplified Chinese郑建祥
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Jiànxiáng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTī kiàn-siông

Claudio Ong Teehankee, CCLH (simplified Chinese: 郑建祥; traditional Chinese: 鄭建祥; April 18, 1918 – November 27, 1989) was the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1987 to 1988.

He was also the most senior associate justice and chairman of the First Division of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Early life and education

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Teehankee was born on April 18, 1918, in Manila, Philippines as the seventh child of Dr. José Teehankee and Julia Onlaulia Ong y Sangroniz.[2]

The graves of José Teehankee and Julia Ong Sangroniz, Claudio Teehankee's parents, at the Manila Chinese Cemetery.

His father, José Tee Han Kee (simplified Chinese: 郑汉淇; traditional Chinese: 鄭漢淇; pinyin: Zhèng Hànqí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Hàn-kî), immigrated to the Philippines in 1901 from Fujian province in China. He was a close associate and friend of Sun Yat-Sen, and was active in the struggle to liberate China from the Qing dynasty. Dr. Tee Han Kee later became the founding director of Chinese General Hospital.[3][4] Claudio learned to write in fluent Chinese, and contributed multiple articles later on for the Chinese-language newspaper The Fookien Times Yearbook from 1966 to 1968.[5]

He received his A.B. summa cum laude in 1938 and LL.B. with the only summa cum laude in the school as part of the second batch in 1940 at the Ateneo de Manila. He also garnered first place in the 1940 bar examination with an average of 94.35 percent.[6]

Career

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Teehankee was Marcos's lawyer in the libel case regarding the movie, Iginuhit ng Tadhana, then became Secretary of Justice under the Marcos administration in 1967 before being appointed as associate justice in 1968.[7]

He was known as the court's "activist" justice because of his dissenting opinions in many vital cases affecting the Marcos administration. He was the lone dissenter in many cases, such as the High Tribunal's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980. He also dissented in policies which would seem to curtail the basic liberties of people. For a time, Teehankee and Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma would dissent together. After Muñoz-Palma's retirement, he was joined by Associate Justice Vicente Abad Santos in dissenting.[8]

It was this activism that made Marcos 'by-pass' him twice for the position of Chief Justice (the most senior associate justice is most likely to succeed after the retirement of the Chief Justice) in 1985. It was after the removal of Marcos that he was appointed Chief Justice by Corazon Aquino in 1987.[5][9]

Later years

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Teehankee's grave at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

After his retirement, he was appointed as the Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations, where he died of cancer in Manhattan, New York on November 27, 1989, at the age of 71. He is interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Personal life

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Teehankee was married to Pilar D. Javier with whom he had nine children. Like Teehankee, his son Manuel Antonio topped the bar in 1983 and also became a diplomat.[10] He was also the uncle of Political Science professor Julio C. Teehankee.[11]

His son Claudio Jr. would be imprisoned for homicide in the early 1990s. The death penalty was reinstated because of concurrent debates after reactions to the public sentence were mixed.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Panganiban, Artemio V. (November 27, 2014). "Chief Justice Teehankee Remembered".
  2. ^ "Remembering Lolo Dingdong". The Philippine STAR.
  3. ^ "Tee Han Kee remembered".
  4. ^ Tan, Antonio S. (1972), The Chinese in the Philippines, 1898–1935: A Study of Their National Awakening, Manila: R.P. Garcia Publishing Co.
  5. ^ a b "Chief Justice Claudio O. Teehankee".
  6. ^ Uy, Ulysses B. (April 13, 2017). "Never judge lawyers by their law school".
  7. ^ "Filmography: Iginuhit ng Tadhana (1965)". November 24, 2009.
  8. ^ "Cecilia Munoz-Palma, the pioneer". November 21, 2008.
  9. ^ "Teehankee, Claudio Ong". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  10. ^ "Sen. Lacson's Sponsorship Speech for the Confirmation of Manuel Antonio Teehankee as PH Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization".
  11. ^ "Claudio Ong Teehankee". May 7, 2022.

Further reading

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Cruz, Isagani A. (2000). "Res Gestae: A Brief History of the Supreme Court". Rex Book Store, Manila

Sources

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Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of Justice
1967–1968 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1987–1988 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Eugenio Angeles
 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1969–1987 		Succeeded by
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