Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (born 1945)

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 in 1997 by The Australian. Defensor Santiago was known for being a long-serving senator of the Philippines, an elected judge of the International Criminal Court, and the sole female recipient of the Philippines' highest national honor, the Quezon Service Cross.

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.