Renato Corona

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Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona (October 15, 1948 – April 29, 2016) was a Filipino judge who served as the 23rd Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 until his removal from office in 2012. Corona worked as a law professor and private practitioner before joining the cabinets of Presidents Fidel V. Ramos and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Arroyo appointed him Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 2002, then Chief Justice in 2010 following the mandatory retirement of Reynato Puno. During his tenure, the Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling in Hacienda Luisita, Inc. v. PARC (2011), which upheld the distribution of land to the hacienda's farm workers under the agrarian reform law and revoked the stock distribution option (SDO) agreement implemented in 1989. In May 2012, Corona was impeached and convicted for failing to disclose his financial assets as required by the Constitution, making him the first Philippine government official to be removed from office through impeachment.

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