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 675 The SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW
RA 7743 LIBRARIES LAW
RA 7170 VITAL ORGAN DONATION ACT
RA 7640 JOINT LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (LEDAC) LAW
RA 735 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;

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 : 1954, De La Salle University

PERSONAL
Birthplace: Camiling, Tarlac
Birthdate : August 7, 1933
Wife : Rosie Lovely Tecson Romulo
Children : Guadalupe, Monserrat, Roman, Bernadette, Erwin

- as of 06 October 2005