13 December 2016 — The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed the nominations as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (AEPs) of the following career and non-career officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs:
| NO | NAME | RANK | DESIGNATION/POSITION |
| 1 | Hon. Uriel Norman R. Garibay | Chief of Mission Class II (career) | Republic of Kenya with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Burundi, Union of the Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo. Republic of Malawi, Republic of Rwanda, Republic of Seychelles, Federal Republic of Somalia, United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Uganda, and Republic of South Sudan, and as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) |
| 2 | Hon. Jose C. Laurel V | Chief of Mission Class I ( non-career) | Japan |
| 3 | Hon. Jose Santiago L. Sta. Romana | Chief of Mission Class I ( non-career) | People's Republic of China with concurrent jurisdiction over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Mongolia |
| 4 | Hon. Shirley Ho-Vicario | Chief of Mission Class I ( non-career) | Federal Republic of Nigeria with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Benin, Bukina Faso, the Republic of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the Gabonese Republic, the Islamic Republic of the Gambia, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of Sierra Leone and Togolese Republic |
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