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Merceditas Gutierrez (Ma. Merceditas Consunji Navarro) was born on 24 September, 1948 in Samal, Bataan, Philippines, is a Filipino government official. Discover Merceditas Gutierrez's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?
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Ma. Merceditas Consunji Navarro |
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Merceditas Gutierrez Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Ma. Merceditas Consunji Navarro Gutierrez (born September 24, 1948) is a Filipino government official who is currently serving as member of the board of trustees of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
After graduating from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School in 1973, she quickly established herself as a valuable government figure.
Aside from becoming a two-time Justice Secretary of the Philippine Justice Department, Gutierrez also became the first woman to head the post of Ombudsman.
Gutierrez moved to Manila for College and graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School in 1973, wherein she was a schoolmate of the future First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.
She was initially unable to take the Bar exam due to her pregnancy with her first child, Johnny Gutierrez.
However, upon taking the Bar the next year, Merceditas successfully passed her first attempt.
Soon after, in 1983, she began engaging herself in government services.
She became the Legal Officer of the Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation (PADC), then, Presidential Legal Officer of the Philippine Presidential Office.
Her achievements in those government offices earned her a personal promotion by then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the National Economic and Development Authority of the Philippines.
Atty. Merceditas Gutierrez worked for the Department of Justice for almost two decades and was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Undersecretary of Justice in 2001.
In the year 2002, Gutierrez was designated as the Acting Secretary for Secretary Hernani Perez then, Secretary Simeon Datumanong in 2004.
She assumed the position on December 1, 2005, and resigned from office on May 6, 2011.
Merceditas Gutierrez was the second child of the former Vice-Governor and Representative of Bataan, Rufino Navarro Sr. and Candelaria Consunji.
She was the second of five children and attended elementary and high school in the small town of Samal, Bataan.
On December 1, 2005, President Arroyo appointed Gutierrez to the post of Ombudsman, who is responsible for investigating erring government officials.
Thus, she became the first woman to be appointed as ombudsman in the Philippine Republic.
In June 2007, she was elected as vice-president of the 22-member Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA), a regional grouping which aims to improve multilateral cooperation among Asian countries in the fight against the social menace.
In March 2009, former Senate President Jovito Salonga and civil society groups filed impeachment charges before the Philippine Congress against Gutierrez, alleging that she mishandled cases.
The complaint was later dismissed.
On July 22, 2010, a new impeachment complaint was filed against Gutierrez by then party-list representative Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, former Brigadier General Danilo Lim and Evelyn Pestano on the basis of "illegal, unjust, improper or inefficient" handling of cases.
In August 2010, another impeachment complaint was filed by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan for inaction on the Fertilizer Fund scam, the Euro Generals scandal, and the Mega Pacific scandal.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on March 10, 2011, recommended the impeachment and resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez as well as the firing of members of the Office of the Special Prosecutor for "neglecting, weakening and complicating" the plunder case against former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia and his family.
On March 22, 2011, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Gutierrez on charges of betraying the public trust, with 4 representatives abstaining, 46 against, and 210 for the impeachment, thereby sending the impeachment to the Senate.
In April 2023, Guttierez was appointed as member of the board of trustees of the Government Service Insurance System.