Duterte appoints Abrenean Lucas Bersamin as GSIS chairperson

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Cordillera - Former Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the new Chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). 

In a press release by Malacañang on Friday (February 14, 2020), Duterte has approved the nomination of Mr. Bersamin to chair the GSIS and as a member of the Board of Trustees. 

"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," Malacañang Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. 

Mr. Bersamin has a sterling record of public service capped by a 10-year service in the Supreme Court where he assumed the position of Chief Justice in 2018. 

The 70-year old Bersamin is a native of Bangued, Abra, a brother of former Abra congressman Luis P. Bersamin. 

He finished law at the University of the East in 1973, and placed 9th in the Bar Examinations of the same year. 

He served as a trial court judge and appellate court magistrate before being appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009. He also served as a presiding judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 96 in 1986. 

Bersamin was a recipient of the Judicial Excellence Award for the Best Decision both in Civil Law and Criminal Law. 

Congratulations Mr. Lucas P. Bersamin.