Ricardo de Rivera Rosario (born October 15, 1958) is a Filipino judge who has served as an

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since 2020. He was appointed by President

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to replace Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr.

Early life and education

Rosario was born to Eduardo Gutierrez Rosario of

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and Anita Alvarez De Rivera of

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. He is the fourth of thirteen siblings. He obtained his pre-law degree in political science from the

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in 1979, and his

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degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1983. He is a member of the Aquila Legis fraternity.

Career

He started his career in law as a legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation, and thereafter as senior corporate attorney in the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.

Trial court judge

Rosario was appointed senior assistant city prosecutor in

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in 1994, where he served for three years. Rosario became the presiding judge of Manila Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 19 in 1997, then later as presiding judge of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 66 until he was promoted to the Court of Appeals in September 2005.

Appellate court

On September 12, 2005, President

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appointed Rosario as an associate justice of the

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. Rosario was Chairman of The Court of Appeals' Ninth Division. He held the position for 15 years until his appointment to the

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in 2020.

Associate justice of the Supreme Court

On October 8, 2020, President

appointed Rosario as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Rosario filled the post vacated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr., who had retired that September. He was chosen out of six other potential candidates, Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justices Ramon Cruz, Japar Dimaampao, Jhosep Lopez, Eduardo Peralta Jr., and María Filomena Singh, as well as Court Administrator Midas Marquez.

Personal life

Rosario is married to Maridur Virtucio-Rosario, deputy commissioner for operations of the Bureau of Internal Revenue since October 2023. They have three children.

References

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