Dante Tiñga

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Osorio and the surname or paternal family name is Tiñga.

The Honorable Dante O. Tiñga
Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines
Acting
In office December 22, 2022 – March 2024
Appointed by	Bongbong Marcos
President	Emmanuel G. Herbosa
Preceded by	Alberto Romulo
Succeeded by	Philip G. Lo
154th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office July 4, 2003 – May 10, 2009
Appointed by	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by	Vicente V. Mendoza
Succeeded by	Roberto A. Abad
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Taguig–Pateros
In office June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Alan Peter Cayetano
Dean of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Law
In office 2001–2003
Dean of the University of the East College of Law
In office 2017–2018 (Interim)
Preceded by	Williard Riano
Succeeded by	Viviana Paguirigan
In office April 1, 1989 – May 1, 1993
Preceded by	Celedonio Tiongson
Succeeded by	Artemio Tuquero
Personal details
Born	(1939-05-11) May 11, 1939 Taguig, Rizal, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Political party	Silbi (2021–present) Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig (2009–present)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (2009-2021) PDP–Laban (1987-2009)
Spouse	Ma. Asuncion Rodriguez ​ ​ (died 1996)​
Alma mater	University of the East (LLB) University of California, Berkeley (LLM)

Dante Osorio Tiñga (born May 11, 1939) is a Filipino politician and jurist who has served as the acting chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines since 2022. He served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2003 to 2009.

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In 1960, Tiñga obtained his law degree at the University of the East College of Law, where he also served as dean of the college from 1989 to 1993 and again from 2017 to 2018. Tiñga earned his Master of Laws degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970. From 1987 to 1998, Tiñga served as a three-term congressman representing the Taguig-Pateros district. From 2001 until his appointment to the Supreme Court, he was the first dean of the College of Law of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Justice Tiñga also maintained an extensive private practice prior to his elevation to the Court.

He is the father of Sigfrido Tiñga, who served as a Taguig city mayor and representative, and Rica Tiñga, a former Taguig councilor and 2013 mayoralty candidate.

Tiñga ran for mayor of Taguig in 1998 and 2010, but lost to Ricardo Papa and Lani Cayetano, respectively. Lost in a slim margin, he filed an electoral protest over the results of the 2010 election but it was later dismissed.

Tiñga sought a congressional comeback in the 2022 elections, this time as the first nominee of the newly created Silbi Partylist. However, the partylist failed to secure at least one seat.

On December 9, 2022, Tiñga was appointed as the acting chairman and member of the board of directors of the Development Bank of the Philippines.

On April 25, 2024, the University of the East led by President Zosimo M. Battad, Louie Divinagracia and College of Law Dean Viviana Paguirigan, bestowed Juris Doctor upon Tiñga and Japar Dimaampao at Rizal Park Hotel Grand Ballroom. On October 29, 2024, Tiñga filed petitions for certiorari and a temporary restraining order with the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of Taguig City Ordinance No. 144, which added four councilors per district as a response to the disenfranchisement of newly added Embo barangays from Makati. He also sought to nullify COMELEC Resolution No. 11069 and Senate-House Concurrent Resolution No. 26 on the inclusion of Embo barangays in Taguig.

External links

• Justice Dante O. Tinga (Official Supreme Court Webpage)