Ferdinand Topacio
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| Born |
Ferdinand Sumague Topacio November 9, 1965 Cavite City, Cavite |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Managing partner |
| Known for | as Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Jose Miguel Arroyo's legal counsel |
| Spouse(s) | Dinnah Cureg Aguila (m. 1997) |
| Relatives | Imus City Mayor Homer Topacio Saquilayan (cousin) |
Ferdinand Sumague Topacio is a Filipino lawyer and managing partner of the Topacio Law Office (founded 1961). At present, around 40 percent of the office’s clients are pro bono.
Topacio was born on 9 November 1965 in Cavite City, the younger son of former Cavite Senior Provincial Board Member and three-term City Councilor Atty. Arturo M. Topacio, Jr. of Imus and Cavite City and of former City Treasury Administrative Officer Belen Sumague-Topacio of Tanauan, Batangas. He was named after Philippine President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, who was elected for his first term President the day Topacio was born. He graduated with Honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Sebastian College-Cavite in 1987, and he enrolled in Ateneo Law School but he finished his Bachelor of Laws (Honorable Mention) at the University of the East in 1992. He passed the Philippine Bar Examination the same year. on 14 May 1993.
He married Dinnah Cureg Aguila of Batangas and Isabela, on 14 July 1997. His wife is a Judge of the Regional Trial Court in Manila, Branch 42.
He is reported to be an admirer of Adolph Hitler, whom he regards as a "great leader" and displays a portrait of Hitler on his office wall, and denies Hitler's role in the Holocaust
He is a member of the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ), an influential religious organization in the Philippine Islands.
He began his career as speech writer in the Office of the Vice-President of the Republic, (1989–1991). He has been Special Legal Counsel to the Mayor of Manila (1993–1998,), Chairman of Manila Athletic Sports Council, (1994–98). Director in the Office of Media Affairs, Office of the Mayor of Manila, (1998), Director in the Office of Public Affairs at the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),(February to December, (1988), Assistant Secretary for Local Government at the DILG (1989). From 2008 to 2009 he was Secretary-General of the Chinatown Development Authority of Manila.
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