Bernardo P. Pardo

Bernardo Pardo (born February 11, 1932) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and a former Comelec Chairman.

He was born in Manila, to San Isidro, Nueva Ecija natives, Dr. and Mrs. Leopoldo G. Pardo, and is married to Zenaida C. De Dios, with whom he has 4 children: Lourdes, Bernardita, Mercedes Patricia, and Victor.

[1][2] He graduated high school at Letran College, with honors, in 1950.

He was a fellow at the Academy of American and International Law, at the University of Texas, USA in 1978.

He was promoted Chair of the COMELEC from 1995 until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1998.