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Abdulwahid Bidin

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Honorable
name	Abdulwahid Bidin
image	Abidin.jpg
image_size	220px
office	117th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
term_start	January 12, 1987
term_end	April 7, 1995
nominator	Corazon Aquino
predecessor	Lino Patajo
successor	Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr.
birth_date
birth_place	Sitangkai, Sulu, Philippine Islands
death_date
death_place	Manila, Philippines
party	PPP (GA; 1950s)
alma_mater	University of the Philippines

| honorific-prefix = The Honorable

Abdulwahid A. Bidin (April 7, 1925 – February 2, 1999) was a Filipino lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Appointed by President Corazon Aquino in 1987, he was the first Filipino Muslim named to the country's Supreme Court.

Early life

Born in Tawi-Tawi, Bidin finished his elementary education in Tawi-Tawi and his high school education in Sulu. He fought with the resistance movement against the Japanese Occupation during World War II, and after attended the University of the Philippines as a government scholar, and eventually earned his law degree from the university's College of Law.

Bidin returned to Sulu and spent the next few years in private practice. From 1956 to 1959, he was an elected member of the Sulu Provincial Board as member of the Grand Alliance.

Judicial career

Bidin first entered the judiciary in 1968, when he was appointed trial judge in Zamboanga City. He was cited by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines as the Most Outstanding Trial Court Judge for 1979.

In 1983, Bidin was appointed to the Intermediate Appellate Court (now known as the Court of Appeals). He was an Associate Justice there until he was elevated to the Supreme Court on 12 January 1987. Bidin served in the Supreme Court for eight years until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in April 1995.

Death

Bidin died four years after his retirement from the Court on 2 February 1999 at age 73.

References

(12 January 1987). "Hon. Abdulwahid A. Bidin is the first Muslim appointed Justice of the Supreme Court in 1987". Supreme Court of the Philippines.
(29 October 2019). "Duterte urged to appoint Muslim magistrate to SC". [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]].
"Associate Justice Abdulwahid A. Bidin".
Arce, Wilfredo. (1983). "Before the Secessionist Storm: Muslim-Christian Politics in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, 1961-62". Maruzen Asia Pte. Ltd..
(27 October 2017). "BARMM endorses Dimaampao as next SC justice". Manila Bulletin.

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