Bernardo Pardo (February 11, 1932 – December 10, 2025) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and a Comelec Chairman. He was appointed by President Joseph Estrada.
Early life and education Pardo was born in Manila, to San Isidro, Nueva Ecija natives, Dr. and Mrs. Leopoldo G. Pardo, and was married to Zenaida C. De Dios, with whom he had four children.Philippine Panorama, Sunday, January 13, 2001, page 10Philippine Panorama, Manila Bulletin, March 19, 1995
He graduated high school at Letran College, with honors, in 1950. He was a graduate of Law from the University of Santo Tomas in 1955, and passed the bar examinations with a bar rating of 81.55%, on March 6, 1956. He was a fellow at the Academy of American and International Law, at the University of Texas, in 1978.
Associate Justice Pardo practiced law, by having been a lawyer in Jose W. Diokno Law Office, 1955–1961. He was Solicitor, in the Office of the Solicitor General, 1971–1974. He was Acting City Judge, Manila, 1965–1967. He was CFI Judge of Caloocan, from 1974 to 1983, RTC Judge of Manila, Br. 43, from 1983 to 1993, and CA Justice from 1993 to 1995. He was promoted to Chair of the COMELEC from 1995 until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1998.Philippine Panorama, Sunday, January 10, 2001, page 10
He was appointed by Joseph Estrada on September 30, 1998. He retired on February 11, 2002.
Death Pardo died on December 10, 2025, at the age of 93.
See also Commission on Elections (Philippines)
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