PHILIPPINE president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Curriculum Vitae

I. FAMILY
a. Date and Place of Birth: April 5, 1947; San Juan
b. Parents:
Father: Diosdado Pangan Macapagal 9th President of the Republic of the PhilippinesBorn, September 28, 1910; Died, April 21, '97
Mother: Dr. Evangelina Macaraeg-Macapagal Born, Nov. 1, 1915; Died, May 16, 1999
c. Husband:
Atty. Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo (Ateneo School of Law 1972)Born, June 27, 1946Married on August 2, 1968
d. Children:
*Juan Miguel Born, April 26, 1969Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, University of California at Berkeley
*Evangelina LourdesBorn, June 5, 1971MS in Foreign Service, Georgetown University
*Diosdado Ignacio Jose MariaBorn, September 4, 1974BS 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 GraduateAteneo de Manila University, 1978, MA EconomicsUP School of Economics, 1985, Ph.D. in Economics

III. CONCISE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University; 1977-87
Chair, Economics Dept, Assumption College; 1984-87
Professor, UP School of Economics; 1977-87
Professor, Mary Knoll CollegeProfessor, 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-presentOther 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:
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)

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