Alexander Gesmundo

Alexander Gahon Gesmundo (born November 6, 1956) is a Filipino judge who has served as the 27th chief justice of the Philippines since 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2021.

Education and career

He studied Bachelor of Science in economics at the Lyceum of the Philippines University while he obtained his law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1984 and passed the Philippine bar examinations in April 1985.

He started working as a trial attorney at the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in 1985 and was awarded Most Outstanding Solicitor three years later. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Gesmundo as chief justice to succeed Diosdado Peralta, who retired early on March 27, 2021. Gesmundo is the fourth chief justice appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte and the third Atenean to assume the post of the high tribunal.