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 |
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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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