Ricardo C. Puno
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{{Philippine name|Concepcion|Puno}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ricardo Concepcion Puno
| image = Ricardo Concepcion Puno.jpg
| caption = Puno in 1941
| birthname = Ricardo Concepcion Puno
| nationality = Filipino
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|01|04}}
| birth_place = Guagua, Pampanga, Philippine Islands
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|25|1923|1|4}}
| resting_place = The Heritage Park, Taguig
| nickname = Carding
| education = Guagua National Colleges
| alma_mater = Ateneo de Manila University (BA)
Manuel L. Quezon University (LL.B)
| occupation = Lawyer, jurist, lawmaker
| office = Minister of Justice
| term_start = July 23, 1979
| term_end = June 30, 1984
| president = Ferdinand Marcos
| primeminister = Ferdinand Marcos (1979–1981)
Cesar Virata (1981–1984)
| successor = Estelito Mendoza
| children = Ricardo "Dong" Puno, Jr.
Regis Puno
Roselle "Sela" Puno-Mapa
Roderico V. Puno
Renato "Rene" Puno
Ronaldo "Ronnie" Puno
Roberto "Robbie" Puno
Roderico "Eric" Puno
| website = {{url|www.punolaw.com}}
| party = Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
| office2 = Member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from Region IV
| termstart2 = June 12, 1978
| termend2 = June 5, 1984
}}
Ricardo Concepcion Puno (January 4, 1923 – July 25, 2018), also known as Ricardo Puno, Sr., was a Filipino lawyer, judge and jurist,{{Cite news|url=https://www.manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/pens-es-by-fr-ranhilio-aquino/271471/ricardo-c-puno-requiem-to-a-sage.html|title = Ricardo C. Puno: Requiem to a sage|newspaper = Manila Standard}} and the Minister of Justice of the Philippines from 1979 to 1984.
Background
Puno was born on January 4, 1923, in Guagua, Pampanga and went by the nickname Carding. He attended the Ateneo de Manila University and Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU). He went on to teach at MLQU, beginning a career of teaching law spanning decades and multiple institutions of higher education such as the Ateneo de Manila, the San Beda College of Law, San Sebastián College, Adamson University and the University of the Philippines (UP). He was also a partner at Ledesma, Puno and Associates until 1962.
Puno spoke Filipino, English and Spanish, besides his native Kapampangan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.punolaw.com/ricardo_c_puno_sr.html |title=Official website |access-date=May 5, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210233/http://www.punolaw.com/ricardo_c_puno_sr.html |url-status=dead }}
Politics
Puno was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Region IV (Metro Manila) from 1978 to 1984,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/former-ca-justice-ricardo-puno-sr-dies|title=Ex-CA Justice Ricardo Puno Sr dies}} and served as Minister of Justice from 1979 to 1984.{{cite web|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/07/25/Minister-of-Justice-Ricardo-Puno-Sr-dies.html|title=Ex-Minister of Justice Ricardo Puno Sr. dies|publisher=|access-date=July 25, 2018|archive-date=July 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063526/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/07/25/Minister-of-Justice-Ricardo-Puno-Sr-dies.html|url-status=dead}}
Later life
In 1984, Puno resumed his work as a lawyer and founded Puno and Puno Law Offices (PunoLaw). He continued to lecture in law until 1991.
Puno was married to Priscilla Villanueva Puno, with whom he had twelve children. He died on July 25, 2018, after a lingering illness and is interred at the Heritage Park in Taguig.{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/27/18/doj-holds-necrological-rites-for-ex-justice-ricardo-puno-sr |title=DOJ holds necrological rites for ex-Justice Ricardo Puno Sr. |publisher=ABS-CBN News |author=Reformina, I. |date=July 27, 2018 |accessdate=October 26, 2019}}
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Category:Ateneo de Manila University alumni
Category:Manuel L. Quezon University alumni
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Metro Manila
Category:Justices of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines
Category:Secretaries of justice of the Philippines