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ALBERTO
GATMAITAN ROMULO
SECRETARY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
POSITIONS
IN THE GOVERNMENT
I.
SENATE (1987
- 1998)
Senate
Majority Leader
–
1992 -
1996
Chairman,
Senate Committee on Rules
Chairman, Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions
and Currencies
Chairman, Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and
Development |
II.
Secretary of Budget and Management
(February 1986 –
March 1987)
Chairman,
Development Budget Coordinating Committee
Member, Monetary Board |
III.
Secretary of Finance (January
26 –
June 7, 2001)
Governor,
Asian Development Bank
Governor, World Bank Group
Alternate Governor,
International Monetary Fund
Chairman, Land Bank
of the Philippines
Chairman, Philippine
Deposit Insurance Corp.
Chairman, Trade and
Investment Corporation of the Philippines |
IV.
Executive Secretary
(June 8, 2001 –
August 23, 2004)
Chairman,
Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security
Chairman, NEDA
Board Executive Committee
Chairman, of 14 other offices and agencies |
V.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (August
23, 2004) - present
AS
SENATOR (1987-1998)
As
Majority Leader for five years, major banking, business and
economic legislations were passed during his tenure, 55 of these
laws being authored and sponsored by then Senator, now President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. |
Sen. Romulo authored/sponsored the following major legislations: |
| RA
7653 |
The
NEW CENTRAL BANK ACT (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) |
| RA
7169 |
PHILIPPINE
VETERANS BANK ACT |
| RA
8282 |
The
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM ACT
(Revised) |
| RA
6758 |
The
SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW |
| RA
7743 |
LIBRARIES
LAW |
| RA
7170 |
VITAL
ORGAN DONATION ACT |
| RA
7640 |
JOINT
LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (LEDAC) LAW |
| RA
7353 |
RURAL
BANK ACT |
| RA
6810 |
The
KALAKALAN ng 20 LAW |
Other
laws authored:
RA 6683 - Early
Retirement Act; RA 6948/
7696 - Benefits for Military Veterans and their Dependents; RA 7833 -Tax Exemption on Christmas Bonus; RA 7642 - Increasing Penalties for Tax Evasion; RA
7661- Asset Privatization Trust and the Committee on
Privatization Act; RA
8281 - Official Development Assistance Act; RA 7880 - Fair and Equitable Allocation of the DECS School and
Classroom Budget; RA 6716
- Construction of Concrete Barangay Roads, Multipurpose
Pavements in all Barangays; RA
7368 - Countrywide Industrialization Act; RA
7905 - Strengthening the Implementation of CARP Act;
RA 7277 -
Magna Carta for Disabled Persons; RA
7111- Establishing an Investment Fund for Overseas Contract
Workers; RA 6686 - Granting of Christmas Bonus and P1,000 Cash Gift to National
and Local Government Officials; RA
6846 - Social Housing Investment Fund Act;
Jt. Res. 1 -
Increasing the Salaries of Government Employees Act;
RA 7891 -
Restoring the Tax and Duty Incentives to the Veterans Federation
of the Philippines; RA
8221 - Capas National Shrine Act;
Jt. Res. 1 - Legislative Executive Bases Council Act;
RA 6952
- Oil Price Standby Fund Act; |
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A
recipient of the Gintong
Ama award, Romulo was named Most
Outstanding Senator
by the Philippine Free Press, the Federation of Provincial
Clubs, Congressweek, the Senate Radio and Television Press
Group, and the Philippine Infrastructure Journal.
He was,
among others, affiliated with the Philippine Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), Rotary, Jaycees, the
Philippine Band of Mercy, the Foundation for Gifted Children,
and the Philippine Tuberculosis Society.
On July 19, 2005 Secretary Romulo received the Order of
Sikatuna award with
the rank of DATU. |
EDUCATION
| Doctor
of Laws |
:
1963 University of Madrid |
| Bachelor
of Laws |
:
1958 Manuel L. Quezon University |
| Bachelor
of Science in Accounting – CPA
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1954, De La Salle University |
PERSONAL
| Birthplace |
:
Camiling, Tarlac |
| Birthdate
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:
August 7, 1933 |
| Wife
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:
Rosie Lovely Tecson Romulo |
| Children |
:
Guadalupe, Monserrat, Roman, Bernadette, Erwin |
as
of 6 October 2005
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