Delfín Jaranilla Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Delfín Jaranilla
Alma Mater:University of Tennessee
Georgetown University (LLB)
Office:Attorney General of Philippines
Term Start:July 1, 1927
Term End:June 30, 1932
Predecessor:Alex A. Reyes
Office2:Secretary of Justice, Agriculture, and Commerce
Term Start2:February 27, 1945
Term End2:July 12, 1945
President2:Sergio Osmeña
Order3:44th
Office3:Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Term Start3:June 6, 1945
Term End3:June 6, 1946
Appointer3:Sergio Osmeña
Predecessor3:José Lopez Vito
Successor3:José Hontiveros
Birth Name:Delfín Jaranilla y Jebución
Birth Date:24 December 1883
Birth Place:La Paz, Iloilo, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Death Place:Philippines
Nationality:Filipino
Footnotes:[1]

Delfín Jaranilla y Jebución (December 24, 1883 – June 4, 1980) was a Filipino judge. He served as the Attorney General of the Philippines from 1927 to 1932, as part of the American colonial Insular Government.[2] He was named Judge Advocate General and after the Japanese conquest of the Philippines was forced on the Bataan Death March.He served as Secretary of Justice, Agriculture, and Commerce in 1945. After holding the position of Secretary of Justice, he was appointed the 44th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. After the conclusion of World War II, he was selected to serve as a Justice of the Philippines on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.[3]

Biography

Jaranilla was born in La Paz, Iloilo City to Antonio Jerous Jaranilla and Juana Jebucion. In 1903, he was dispatched to the United States under the 'Pensionado' scholarship programme and studied at Santa Ana High School. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1907 with a diploma in law.[4]

He died on June 4, 1980, at age 96.

In popular culture

Jaranilla was portrayed by Bert Matias in the NHK miniseries Tokyo Trial (2016).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial A Digital Exhibition . 29 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130320143927/http://lib.law.virginia.edu/imtfe/person/176 . 20 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Hon. Delfin J. Jaranilla, Attorney General, 1927 - 1932 . Republic Of The Philippines, Office Of The Solicitor General . 29 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130430071628/http://www.osg.gov.ph/index.php/-assistant-sollicitors-general/fsolgens/112-delfin-j-jaranilla . April 30, 2013 .
  3. Book: Documents on the Tokyo International Military Tribunal: Charter, Indictment, and Judgments, Volume 1 . Robert Cryer, Neil Boister . Oxford University Press . 1 . Sep 25, 2008 . LV . 978-0199541928 .
  4. Transcultural Justice at the Tokyo Tribunal: The Allied Struggle for Justice, 1946-48. Brill, 2018.