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Philippine Business Magazine:
Volume 8 No.1 - Cover
Who's In Charge
TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA JR.,
Vice President and Foreign Affairs Secretary (73). Known to many
as a second-to-none freedom fighter, Guingona will be remembered
for his October 2000 privilege speech at the Senate where he called
for the resignation of President Estrada. Guingona's public service
spans more than 15 years, the most notable of which were as Executive
Secretary and Justice Secretary under President Ramos. He was a
two-term Senator (1986-1987 and 1987-1992) and won a Senate seat
in 1998.
RENATO S. DE VILLA,
Executive Secretary (66). The "little president" has served
the government for more than 44 years, the last six of which were
as Secretary of National Defense of the Aquino and Ramos administrations.
De Villa broke his image as a Ramos "clone" when he bolted
out of the Lakas-NUCD coalition in December 1997 when Ramos endorsed
House Speaker Jose de Venecia as the party's candidate for the May
1998 presidential elections.
HERNANI A. BRAGANZA,
Agrarian Reform Secretary (36). Braganza's claim to national recognition
was first as national chairman of the National Union of Students
of the Philippines in 1983. His political life started in 1987 as
councilor in Alaminos, Pangasinan. In 1995, he won the congressional
seat of the 1st District of Pangasinan and was reelcted in 1998
during which time he became known as one of the "Spice Boys,"
a young group of Estrada critics.
LEONARDO Q. MONTEMAYOR,
Agriculture Secretary (52). Prior to this appointment, Montemayor
was the party-list representative of Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga
Magsasaka, Manggagawang-Bukid at Mangingisda (ABA) and Secretary-General
of the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF).
EMILIA T. BONCODIN,
Budget Secretary (47). Boncodin is a career service professional
who rose from the ranks and occupied key positions at DBM. Under
the Ramos administration, she served a five-month stint as Budget
Secretary.
RAUL S. ROCO, Education
Secretary (60). A two-term Senator, Roco was the founding president
of Aksyon Demokratiko - a non-traditional political party. As a
legislator, Roco was popularly known as the Honorary Woman for his
works on women's rights. He is also known as the Father of the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas. He worked for the liberalization of the banking
industry and authored the Intellectual Property Code.
JOSE ISIDRO N. CAMACHO,
Energy Secretary (42). Prior to this appointment, Camacho was Managing
Director and Chief Country Officer at Deutsche Bank AG Manila. His
professional career was always in the banking sector starting off
as Assistant Treasurer and Asia International Officer of Bankers
Trust Company in New York. He then transferred to Deutsche Bank
AG (Singapore) as the Managing Director and Head of Country Coverage
Function for Investment Banking for the Asian region.
ALBERTO G. ROMULO,
Finance Secretary (68). Romulo was a member of President Aquino's
economic team, serving as Budget Secretary, Chairman of the Development
Budget Coordinating Committee, and a member of the Monetary Board.
He then won a Senate seat for two terms. As Majority Leader for
five years, major banking, business, and economic legislation were
passed during his tenure. Among these were the New Central Bank
Act, Joint Legislative-Executive Development Council (LEDAC) Law,
Salary Standardization Law, Kalakalan ng 20 Law, and the Countrywide
Industrialization Act.
MANUEL M. DAYRIT,
Health Secretary (51). Until his appointment at the DOH, Dayrit
was a senior officer at the United Laboratories after previously
holding a high post at Aetna Health Care. For five years (1992-1997),
he served as Assistant Secretary of DOH, concurrently, the Chairman
of the Committee on Bids and Awards. Prior to this, he held other
key positions within the Health Department. He had also coordinated
campaign programs on Anti-Tuberculosis and AIDS prevention at the
department.
JOSE D. LINA JR.,
Interior and Local Government Secretary (49). Lina served as Metro
Manila Governor from February 1986 to March 1987. He served two
terms in the Senate. As a senator, Lina was known for his efforts
at promoting the welfare of the youth and pushing for more affordable
housing units for the citizenry. After the Senate, Lina won in the
gubernatorial race for Laguna for two terms.
HERNANDO B. PEREZ,
Justice Secretary (62). A member of the private prosecution team
during the impeachment trial against President Estrada, Perez was
also one of the three-man negotiating team sent to Malacañang
during the height of People Power II to ask for Estrada's resignation.
Perez served as Congressman of the 2nd district of Batangas for
three terms. He also served as Transportation Secretary during the
first year of the Aquino administration.
PATRICIA A. STO. TOMAS,
Labor Secretary. Sto. Tomas is better known as the Chairman of the
Civil Service Commission from 1988 to 1995, a time when a lot of
disputes occurred following major reorganizations with a change
in government in 1986. Other public offices she held were at the
Labor Department, Education Department, and the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration.
SIMEON A. DATUMANONG,
Public Works Secretary (66). Datumanong's appointment to this position
may be strategic inasmuch as the Arroyo administration wants to
prioritize infrastructure projects in Mindanao. Datumanong represents
the 2nd District of Maguindanao, a post he has held for the third
consecutive term. During the Marcos Administration, Datumanong was
a member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa where he also concurrently
held a cabinet post as Minister of Muslim Affairs and Cultural Communities
from 1984 to 1986.
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN,
Social Welfare Secretary (48). Known as Dinky, Soliman was a popular
choice for the position. She is a very experienced and competent
social worker, most recently serving as Chairperson of the Caucus
for Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) - an umbrella organization
of 14 major development networks in the country. Soliman has spent
the longest, uninterrupted years in her career as National Secretariat
Coordinator of the Congress for People's Agrarian Reform (CPAR).
DANTE B. CANLAS,
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary (54). Dr. Canlas is a devout academician
whom President Arroyo came to know when she was taking her Ph.D.
at the University of the Philippines. Before this current appointment,
Canlas held various positions at the UP School of Economics and
the College of Business Administration. His involvement in government
(apart from the state university) was as Deputy Director-General
of the National Economic and Development Authority (1992-1998).
RICHARD J. GORDON,
Tourism Secretary (56). Gordon is better known for his unconventional
leadership style as the youngest mayor of Olongapo City, for almost
13 years (1980-1993). He also served as the founding Chairman and
Administrator (1992-1998) of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
which lobbied for the creation of a freeport after the rejection
of the RP-US Bases Treaty in 1991.
MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
Trade Secretary (44). Roxas was first appointed Trade Secretary
in the Estrada cabinet. Prior to that, he served as the Majority
Leader of the 11th Congress, representing the 1st District of Capiz.
The World Economic Forum in Switzerland (composed of the world's
top 1,000 corporations) recognized Roxas as "one of the Global
Leaders of Tomorrow, together with 99 other individuals from various
parts of the world, who are expected to shape the future."
PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ,
Transportation and Communications Secretary, (43). Alvarez is a
first-termer Congressman from the 1st District of Davao del Norte.
As Vice Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Communications,
he strongly advocated for the modernization of the transportation
and communications infrastructure in the country. Rising from the
ranks as a career official of the Manila International Airport Authority,
he served as Chief Operating Officer from March 1995 to September
1997.
VICTORIA P. GARCHITORENA,
Presidential Management Staff Chief (56). In the private sector,
Garchitorena was known for her social development programs at the
Ayala Foundation where she was President and Managing Director of
corporate affairs at Ayala Corporation. She was a commissioner at
the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women in 1986 and
chair and president of the Meralco Foundation.
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