Editing Attorney general (section)

===Philippines===
{{Main|Office of the Solicitor General (Philippines)}}
The Attorney General of the Philippines was an office that existed from 1901 until 1932, when the office was abolished and its functions taken over by the Secretary of Justice. Since then, the Solicitor General of the Philippines, previously the second law officer, has been the principal law officer and legal defender of the [[Philippine Government]]. The Office of the Solicitor General is the law firm of the Republic of the Philippines. It is tasked with representing the Philippines, the Philippine Government, and all its officials in any litigation or matter requiring the services of a lawyer especially before appellate courts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osg.gov.ph/index.php/about/main|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207110026/http://www.osg.gov.ph/index.php/about/main|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2011|title=Main|date=7 February 2011|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref> It is an independent and autonomous office attached to the [[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Department of Justice]] for budgetary purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doj.gov.ph/index.php?id1=2&id2=4&id3=3 |title=Welcome to the Department of Justice - Republic of the Philippines &#124; Tel: (+632) 523 8481, (+632) 523 6826 |publisher=Doj.gov.ph |access-date=2012-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310101827/http://www.doj.gov.ph/index.php?id1=2&id2=4&id3=3 |archive-date=2012-03-10 }}</ref>