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CA Gives Nod on Nomination of 1 Ambassador, Confirms 14 Other DFA Officials

02 March 2023 - The Commission on Appointments confirmed the appointments and  nominations of the following DFA officials on 22 February 2023: 

Name 

Position

1   

Kira Christianne Danganan  Azucena, Chief of Mission, Class I

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the New Zealand, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Fiji, the Kingdom of Tonga, the Independent State of Samoa and the Cook Islands

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Also confirmed on 22 February 2023 were the fourteen (14) ad interim appointments for  the promotion of the following:

 

Name 

Position 

Office

1

Ariel Rodelas PeƱaranda 

Chief of Mission, Class I

New York Philippine Mission

2

Lilybeth Rodriguez Deapera

Chief of Mission, Class I 

Assistant Secretary, TCCP

3

Edna May Grecia Lazaro 

Chief of Mission, Class II 

Bangkok PE

4

Edgar Tomas Quilino Auxilian 

Chief of Mission, Class II 

Jeddah PCG

Winston Dean Siscon Almeda

Career Minister 

Office of Consular Affairs

Sheila Marie Chan Tario

Career Minister 

Office of European Affairs

Raymund Gatal Toledo

Career Minister 

Intelligence and  

Security Unit

Randy Bagaipo Arquiza

Career Minister 

Office of Fiscal  

Management

Jan Kenneth Eduarte Bolante

Foreign Service Officer,  Class I 

Tokyo PE

10 

Glenn Joseph Quilantang Obach

Foreign Service Officer,  Class I 

Oslo PE

11 

Ira Micheline Reyes Valdez

Foreign Service Officer,  Class I 

London PE

12 

Jan Sherwin Perez Wenceslao

Foreign Service Officer,  Class I 

Melbourne PCG

13

Francis Maynard Sarmiento  Maleon

Foreign Service Officer,  Class I 

Los Angeles PCG

14 

Jeffrey Angelo Valdez 

Foreign Service Officer, Class I

Geneva Philippine Mission

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