Harriet Demetriou

Harriet Demetriou
Chairman of the Commission on Elections
In office January 11, 1999 – February 15, 2001
Appointed by	Joseph Estrada
Preceded by	Luzviminda Tancangco
Succeeded by	Alfredo Benipayo
Personal details
Nationality	Filipino

Harriet Obias Demetriou is a Filipino lawyer and was the first Chairwoman of the Philippine election commission, the COMELEC, appointed by President Joseph Estrada. She is one of the only four woman appointed to the Philippine Election Commission.

On January 11, 1999 President Estrada appointed Sandiganbayan Justice Harriet Demetriou as Chairman of the Commission. After the events of January 2001 that led to the ouster of President Estrada from power, Demetriou tendered her courtesy resignation which was accepted by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Former Commission of Elections chair Harriet Demetriou is the lead counsel for the core officers of the Magdalo group who led the siege on the Oakwood hotel last July 27.

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