Pedro Yap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pedro Yap

Filipino judge

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1918

Place of Birth: San Isidro, Philippines

Date of Death: 20-Nov-2003

Profession: judge

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Pedro Yap (July 1, 1918 – November 20, 2003) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1988.
He briefly served for two and a half months from April 19, 1988 to June 30, 1988, the shortest in history until that record was surpassed by Chief Justice Teresita de Castro. Yap, a bar topnocher, served as secretary of the United Nations Human Rights Commission and was one of the 16 delegates who refused to sign the 1973 Philippine Constitution.
He was appointed to the Presidential Commission on Good Government in 1986 before being appointed associate justice. He was a law professor specialized in International Law.