Leila de Lima

Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima' is a Filipino lawyer and politician. She was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights on May 2008 and served until June 30, 2010 when she resigned and appointed by President Benigno S. Aquino III as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Justice. She resigned October 12, 2015 to focus on her candidacy for the Senate in the 2016 election. She won one of the twelve contested seats and currently serves as a Philippine senator in the Philippines' 17th Congress.

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• Mauricio-Arriola, Tessa. "The Lighter Side Of Leila De Lima." The Manila Times, 16 April 2016. http://bit.ly/2uNAKCA. Date accessed: 20 July 2018.