Jose Nolledo
Jose N. Nolledo (born October 11, 1934) is a lawyer, constitutional law expert, and author in the Philippines. He was a member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 and a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention. Early life and education Nolledo was born in Inagawan, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. His parents were Nicomedes Fillaro Nolledo and Presentacion Florencondia Nergua, both natives of Miagao, Iloilo. He wrote poems in Filipino language at the age of nine. The poems were published in the Philippine Journal of Education edited by literary critic Paz Marquez Benitez, the Filipino Child Life edited by psychologist Dr. Eufronio Alip, and the Philippine School Life by educator Dr. Juliana Pineda. Some poems were included in Mga Tulang Pambata (Poems for Children), a reference book in Philippine grade schools. Nolledo earned a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the Far Eastern University Institute of Law. He placed third in the 1958 Philippine Bar Examinations with a rating of 88.95%. Constitutional law expertise Nolledo was elected as a delegate, representing the province of Palawan, in the 1971 Constitutional Convention which drafted the 1973 Philippine Constitution. He was one of the principal sponsors of the constitutional definition of national territory.