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1. H.E. JOSE M. ALEJANDRINO (Arayat). Ambassador
to Spain and Italy.
Jose Medina Alejandrino comes from the prominent
Alejandrinos of Arayat town that includes his namesake, revolutionist and
senator, Gen. Jose Magdangal Alejandrino. A U.P. Law graduate, he placed 10th
in the 1934 bar. Alejandrino organized the workers of Pambusco and Pasudeco
into labor unions. He was sent as a scholar to the U.S. Department of State and
went home to top the foreign service exams in the U.S. Rising through the
ranks, he became an ambassador to Spain and Italy. The lawyer-diplomat counts
Gen. Charles de Gaulle of France as a close friend.
2. H.E. LIBRADO CAYCO
(Sta. Rita). Ambassador to the
Netherlands.
Ambassador Cayco(b.1912/d.2009), from Sta. Rita, was a
Political Advisor with the Philippine Mission to the UN. He later served as
Consul of the Philippines at New York and served as the Philippine ambassador
to the Netherlands from 1962-1963, He was
the leader of the Philippines delegation to the Ministerial Meeting of the
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization in 1965.
3. H.E. VICENTE I.
SINGIAN (San Fernando). Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg.
In 1964, the Philippine established formal ties with the
European community on 12 May 1964. Amb. Vicente Singian, of San Fernando was
first assigned as First Secretary and Consul in Great Britain in 1954.
Subsequently, he was named as the Head of Mission of Belgium and Luxembourg
from 1964 to 1971.
4. H.E. AMELITO R. MUTUC
(Arayat). Ambassador to the United States.
Amelito Ramirez Mutuc attended Arayat Institute, then
topped his high school in Guagua. He earned his Associate in Arts (valedictorian)
and completed his law degree in 1942 at Ateneo de Manila (salutatorian). In
1957, Mutuc caught the eye of then congressman, Diosdado P. Macapagal, who hired
him as consultant for his candidacy as VP of the Philippines. Mutuc launched
“Macapagal for Vice President Movement”, and from thereon, became the future
president’s right hand man. When Macapagal was elected as President in 1962, he named Mutuc as his Executive
Secretary.That same year, he was appointed as Ambassador to the United States,
serving in Washington D.C. from 1962-1964. He died in 1994.
5. H.E. ROGELIO L. DE
LA ROSA (Lubao). Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Cambodia, The Hague.
The golden boy of Philippine cinema, Regidor La Rosa began
his political career when as elected Senator in 1955. He could have been our
first movie star president had he continued his run for Presidency in 1961.
Dela Rosa withdrew his candidacy to give way to his brother-in-law, Diosdado
Macapagal who eventually was elected
Philippine president. De la Rosa was rewarded with an ambassadorial position in
Cambodia in 1965. During the Marcos years, de la Rosa was named ambassador to the The Hague, Netherlands,
and to the Soviet bloc countries of Poland, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. His
last post was Sri Lanka. He died on 10
Nov. 1986.
6. H.E. CARLOS J.
VALDES (Bacolor). Ambassador to Japan
The distinguished son of Bacolor, Carlos J. Valdes (b.
1919/d. ) finished commerce from La
Salle College, and Law from the Far Eastern University in 1949, on scholarships.
He also taught at Holy University, in Angeles. Valdes then opened a
successful Law and Accountancy firms
with many high profile clients in the business world. Valdes became a member of
the Constitutional Assembly in 1971,he served as ambassador to Japan from 1978-1986.
7. H.E. RAFAELITA
HILARIO-SORIANO (Bacolor). Ambassador to Israel.
Dr. Rafaelita Hilario-Soriano’s (b.2 Jul. 1915/d. 1
Jan2007) was the child of eminent jurist
and politician Zoilo J. Hilario of Bacolor
with Trinidad Vasquez. After finishing a political science degree from
the Philippine Women’s University in 1936, Soriano won a Barbour Scholarship at
the University of Michigan. Returning in 1948, she forayed into another career
path—Foreign Affairs. She was named as a Chairman of the Information, Culture,
Education and Labor Activities Committee of the SEATO and as Sec.-General of
the SEATO Council of Minister’s Meeting in 1970. This led to her being named as
an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Israel.
8. H.E. BIENVENIDO L.
TAN JR. (Bacolor). Ambassador to Germany,1989
Amb. Tan has roots in Bacolor, being the grandson of Don
Gonzalo Arceo Tan, a financier of the Revolution. His parents were Judge
Bienvenido Tan, Sr. and Salome Limgenco. Tan became an outstanding public
servant and headed the BIR during Pres. Corazon Aquino’s term. In 1989, he was
named Ambassador to Germany. The late Sister Mary Christine Tan is his sibling.
9. H.E. RUPERTO M.
DIZON (Magalang). Ambassador to Jordan
When the Philippines reopened ties with Jordan in 1998,
Ruperto Dizon became the Philippine
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hashemite Kingdom.The Philippines also decided to re-open its Embassy in
Amman in recognition of the critical role that Jordan continues to play in
regional and international affairs, especially in the Middle East Peace
Process. Dizon was also tasked with the care and concerns of the growing number
of Overseas Filipino Workers in Jordan. Amb. Dizon served as Consul general at the
Philippine Consul General in New York. Upon retirement, he was given the Distinguished Service Award in New
York on 27 Sep. 2012.
10. H. E. LEONCIO R. PARUNGAO
JR. (Arayat). Ambassador to Palau
Prior to becoming an ambassador, Leoncio Parungao held a
corporate job in public relations at the Central Bank. The accomplished
Parungao finished Journalism from Far Eastern University in 1952, and was a Ten
Outstanding Young Men Awardee for Public Service in 1964. He served as Press
Secretary of the first President Macapagal at the very young age of 31. From
1998- 2004, he was the Philippine ambassador to the Republic of Palau. In 2012,
he was conferred the Distinguished
Service Award by DFA.
11. H.E. LAURA
QUIAMBAO-DEL ROSARIO (Angeles City).
Ambassador to India and Vietnam.
Amb.Laura Del Rosario holds an A.B Litt. Degree from
Maryknoll (1968) and her M.A. in Education from the University of the
Philippines (1975). She was commissioned as a career Foreign Service Officer in
1979, and was assigned to Singapore. She
was the country’s senior official at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) forum. She was appointed the
Alternate Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna, and served
as Ambassador to India, Nepal (non-resident) and Vietnam.She retired as Undersecretary for International Economic
Relations, one of the highest positions in the Foreign Service.
12. H.E. VESTA R.
CUYUGAN (San Fernando). Ambassador to New
Zealand
Amb. Vesta Roque Cuyugan was the 4th
Philippine ambassador to New Zealand, serving there from 1993-1996. She
was coaxed out of her retirement by the Ramos government to head Philippine
foreign affairs office in Taiwan (since the Philippines does not have
diplomatic relations with Taiwan ) towards the end of the president’s term.
13. H.E. LEONIDA L. VERA (Sasmuan). Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican)
Leonida Laki Vera served as Ambassador of the Philippines
to the Holy See (Vatican), replacing Amb. Francisco Alba who retired in 2003.
She had previously worked for the United Nations Development Fund for Women and
religious organizations, such as Caritas Manila, Council of Laity of Manila,
Children Rosary Movement, and Paraclete Foundation. An accounting graduate of
UST, Amb.Vera is a recipient of the Dame of the Pontifical Order of St.
Sylvester and St. Gregory in 1994 and 1998, respectively. She quit her post in 2008. She was a Most
Outstanding Kapampangan Awardee for Government Service in 2014.
14. H.E. JERRILL G. SANTOS (San Fernando). Ambassador
to Vietnam
Jerril G. Santos of San Fernando is the current Chief of
Mission of the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam which he assumed in 2009. With the
Department of Foreign Affairs since the 1980s, Amb. Santos has served several presidents as chief of
Presidential Protocol and is now Consul general of the newly opened Philippine
Consulate General in Houston. His awards include: Gawad Mabini, with a rank of Dakilang
Kasugo (2007), the Order of Sikatuna,
with a rank of Datu (2009) and honored as among the Outstanding Fernandinos in
2012
15. H.E. MA. CONSUELO
PUYAT-REYES (Guagua). Ambassador to Chile.
Consuelo Puyat is the daughter of Deogracias Puyat, a son
of industrialist Gonzalo Puyat from Guagua. Her mother is Patria Gil. She served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Chile, based in
Santiago. Lito Puyat, a name associated with Philippine basketball, is her
brother.
16. H.E. MERCEDES REINARES
–ARRASTIA TUASON (Lubao). Ambassador to
the Holy See (Vatican)
Maria Mercedes Reinares y Arrastia-Tuason (b. Sep. 27,
1930) is an alumnus of St. Scholastica in Manila. She is known for her work in
the Red Cross and her pro-life activism. She was appointed ambassador plenipotentiary
to the Holy See in 2009. In May 23, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI awarded Tuason the
Grand Cross of Merit for the title Order of Pius IX due to her charitable and
diplomatic services to the Catholic Church, a coveted title that was not
granted to women until November 1993. She is a 2016 Outstanding Kapampangan
Awardee in Government Service.
17. H.E. ELIZABETH P.
BUENSUCESO (San Fernando). Norway, Denmark, Iceland , ASEAN
H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso is a Permanent Representative (PR) of the Philippines to ASEAN, based in Jakarta. Prior to her appointment, Amb. Buensuceso
was the Assistant Secretary of the Office of European Affairs-DFA (2011-2013),
the Ambassador to Norway, Denmark, and
Iceland (2008-2011), and Lao PDR (2004-2008). She is the third Philippines’ Permanent
Representative to ASEAN. Her mother, a Pineda, is from San Fernando. The
ambassador speaks the Kapampangan language.
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SOURCES:
MANY THANKS TO Acting Asst. for Public Diplomacy-DFA MR. ELMER G. CATO for providing the updates.
MANY THANKS TO Acting Asst. for Public Diplomacy-DFA MR. ELMER G. CATO for providing the updates.
Vicente Singian: http://brusselspe.dfa.gov.ph/phl-eu/153-overview
Bienvenido l. Tan Jr.: Leo Suryadinata, editor. Southeast
Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary . Institute
of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2012.
Ruperto Dizon: http://ammanpe.dfa.gov.ph/history-of-the-embassy
Philippine Government Directory, Diplomatic Post
Publishing Corporation, 2000
Rogelio dela Rosa, Rafaelita Hilario, Amelito Mutuc: www.viewsfromthepampang.blogspot.com
Laura Quiambao: http://www.ateneo.edu/ls/soh/acelt/speakers-bio-and-abstract
Jerrill Santos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerril_Santos
Mercedes Tuason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Arrastia_Tuason
Elizabeth Buensuceso: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/pinoyabroad/340006/phl-envoy-pinoys-need-to-be-more-aware-of-how-asean-affects-their-daily-lives/story/
Leonida de Vera: Dom Martin Hizon FB page
Vesta Cuyugan: The Pampangans, by R. Hilario. Info c/o: Mr. Roberto MagatLeonida de Vera: Dom Martin Hizon FB page
Leoncio R. Parungao Jr. : http://www.spaslaw.com/2008/11/11/my-dad-an-authentic-public-servant/
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