Carpio-Morales is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines first appointed in September 2002. She administered the oath of office to the incoming President Benigno Aquino

CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES

Traditionally, it is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who administers the oath of office to the incoming President and the Vice President, however, President Benigno Aquino III refused to allow Chief Justice Renato Corona to swear him into office, due to Aquino's opposition to the midnight appointment of Corona by outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo two days after the 2010 elections.

Aquino requested Associate Justice Carpio-Morales, who opposed the midnight appointment of Corona, to swear him into office.

19 June 1941

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