Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (died 2016)

Miriam Defensor Santiago

Filipina politician, lawyer, and author (1945–2016)

Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago was a Filipino scholar, academic, lawyer, judge, author, stateswoman, and politician who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. She was named one of The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World…