President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's curricul vitae

Curriculum Vitae

I.FAMILY

a. DATE and PLACE of BIRTH:

April 5, 1947; San Juanb.

b. PARENTS:

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal

9th President of the Republic of thePhilippines

Born: September 28, 1910;

Died: April 21, '97

Dr. Evangelina Macaraeg-Macapagal

Born, Nov. 1, 1915;

Died, May 16, 1999c.

Husband:Atty. Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo (Ateneo School of Law 1972)

Born, June 27, 1946

Married on August 2, 1968d.

Children:

Juan Miguel

Born: April 26, 1969

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, University of California at Berkeley

Evangelina Lourdes

Born: June 5, 1971

MS in Foreign Service, GeorgetownUniversity

Diosdado Ignacio Jose Maria

Born: September 4, 1974

BS in Legal Management, Ateneo de Naga

II. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Primary:

Assumption Convent High School; 1954-1960

Secondary:

Assumption Convent HS; 1960-1964; Valedictorian

Tertiary:

Georgetown University, 1964-66, AB Economics;

Dean’s Lister Assumption College, 1968,

AB Economics Magna cum Laude

Post Graduate:

Ateneo de Manila University, 1978,MA Economics

UP School of Economics, 1985,Ph.D. in Economics

III. CONCISE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

Assistant Professor, Ateneo de ManilaUniversity; 1977-87

Chair, Economics Dept, Assumption College; 1984-87

Professor, UP School of Economics; 1977-87

Professor, Mary Knoll College

Professor, St. Scholastica’s College

Assistant Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; 1987-89

Executive Director, Garments and Textile Export Board; 1988-90

Undersecretary, Department of Trade and Industry;1989-92

Senator, 1992-1998

Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, July 1998-October 2000

Vice President, July 1998-January 20, 2001

President, January 20, 2001-present

Other positions held:

Chairman and President, UP Health Maintenance Organization (1989-1998)

Executive Director, Philippine Center for Economic Development (1994-1998)

Chairman, UP Economic Foundation (1994-1998)

Member, Presidential Task Force on Tax and Tariff Reforms (1994-1998)

Member, Technical Working Group of the Philippine National Development Plan for the 21st Century (Committee on National Framework for Regional Development and Macroeconomics Framework for Development Financing)

IV. MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS(Past & Present):

Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU)

Philippine Economics Society

Georgetown Club of the Philippines

Concerned Women of the Philippines

V. Elective Positions Held in Specific Years:

Senator, 1992-1998

Vice President, July 1998-January 20, 2001

VI. Awards / Commendations / Citations:

- Reporter Philippine Magazine

- Weekly Graphic Senator

- Outstanding Magazine

- Public Eye Magazine

- Trade Union Congress of the Philippines and by Emil Jurado (Manila Standard Columnist) - Woman of the Year

- Catholic Education Association of the Philippines Ulirang Ina,

- Ulirang Ina Awards Committee

- 13 May 2001 One of Asia’s Most Powerful Women

- Asiaweek Making a Difference for Women – Women of Distinction Award

- Soroptimist International of the Philippines Region, 30 May 2003

- Most Distinguished Alumna

- University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA), 16 June 2001

VII. Others:

Doctor of Laws Degree honoris causa, Waseda University, Japan, May 2002

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, Fordham University, 21 May 2003

Honorary Community College Associate Degree in International Relations, Honoris Causa, City College of San Francisco, August 2003

Doctorate Degree in Economics, honoris causa, Tsinghua University, 30 October 2001

Degree of Doctor of Humanities (honoris causa), Mapua Institute of Technology, 29 January 2004

Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), La Trobe University, 2000

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, honoris causa, Old Dominion University, April 2003

Recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship (1978-1983)

Recipient of the Japan Foundation Grant (1976-1977)

Recipient of the UPSE Fellowship (1970-1971)