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CA Confirms Appointment of DFA Secretary Manalo and Senior DFA Officials, Gives Nod on Nomination of 14 Ambassadors

30 September 2022 - The Commission on Appointments confirmed the appointments and nominations of the following DFA officials on 28 September 2022:

Name

Position

Luis Enrique Austria Manalo

Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Joseph Gerard Bacani Angeles

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federative Republic of Brazil with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Columbia, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana,the Republic of Suriname, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Nathaniel Garcia Imperial

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Italian Republic, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Malta, and the Republic of San Marino

Gina Alagon Jamoralin

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Indonesia

Jaime Victor Badillo Ledda

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Belgium, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Medardo Antonio Gonzales Macaraig

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Singapore

Eduardo Ramos MeƱez

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Czech Republic

Hjayceelyn Mancenido Quintana

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia

Wilfredo Cunanan Santos

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, with concurrent Jurisdiction over the State of Palestine

Alfonso Ferdinand Agbayani Ver

Chief of Mission Class I, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates

Grace Tolentino Cruz -Fabella

Chief of Mission Class II, As Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Lilybeth Rodriguez Deapera

Chief of Mission, Class II, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Costa Rica, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of El Salvador, the Republic of Guatemala, the Republic of Honduras, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Republic of Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Belize.


Lillibeth Velasco Pono

Chief of Mission, Class II as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Qatar

Pedro Ramirez Laylo, Jr.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel, with the salary and emoluments of a Chief of Mission Class I

Philippe Jones Lhuillier

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Spain, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Principality of  Andorra, with the salary and emoluments of a Chief of Mission Class I

- Nothing follows - 

 

Also confirmed on 28 September 2022 were the ad interim appointments for promotion of the following DFA Career Officers:

Name

Position

Adelio Angelito Soriano Cruz

Chief of Mission, Class I

Daniel Ramos Espiritu

Chief of Mission, Class I

Christopher Baltazar Montero

Chief of Mission, Class I

Gines Jaime Ricardo Dacanay Gallaga

Chief of Mission, Class II

Mersole Jala Mellejor

Chief of Mission, Class II

Jason Jovencio Aljibe Anasarias

Career Minister

Maria Cynthia Pelayo

Career Minister

Geronimo Capiendo Suliguin, Jr.

Foreign Service Officer Class I

LV Ignacio De Guzman

Foreign Service Officer Class II

 

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