Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 14) — President Rodrigo Duterte appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin as the new chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
He was also named as a member of the Board of Trustees of the GSIS.
In October last year, Bersamin retired from his post after spending a decade at the Supreme Court.
“We are confident that Mr. Bersamin would serve the GSIS with the same dedication and integrity he demonstrated in his many years of government service,” Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement.
Bersamin finished his law degree at the University of the East in 1973. Right after law school, he took the bar examinations on the same year wherein he placed 9th overall.
He also served as a judge in Branch 96 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court from 1986. In 2003, he was appointed associate justice at the Court of Appeals and was promoted to the Supreme Court in 2009.
He will replace Ronald Macasaet, who acted as officer-in-charge of GSIS.
