Curriculum Vitae

a. Date and Place of Birth:

April 5, 1947; San Juan

b. Parents:

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
9th President of the Republic of the Philippines
Born, September 28, 1910; Died, April 21, '97

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, 1946
Married on August 2, 1968

d. 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, Georgetown University

Diosdado Ignacio Jose Maria
Born, September 4, 1974
BS in Legal Management, Ateneo de Naga

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

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 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

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)

Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU)

Philippine Economics Society

Georgetown Club of the Philippines

Concerned Women of the Philippines

Senator, 1992-1998

Vice President, July 1998-January 20, 2001

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

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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Biography

The President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, holds many records. Elected as Senator during her first try in politics in 1992, she was re-elected Senator in 1995 with nearly 16 million votes, the highest number of votes in Philippine history. She was elected Vice President of the Philippines in 1998 with almost 13 million votes, the largest mandate in the history of presidential or vice presidential elections. She was sworn in as the 14th President of the Philippines on 20 January 2001 by Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. after the Supreme Court unanimously declared the position of President vacant, the second woman to be swept into the Presidency by a peaceful People Power revolution (EDSA II).

The President, born in April 5, 1947, is the daughter of the late President Diosdado Macapagal, a descendant of Lakandula and fondly known as the "poor boy from Lubao" in the province of Pampanga; and Dr. Evangelina Macaraeg-Macapagal of Binalonan, Pangasinan, who were well known for their integrity and simple but dignified lifestyle. During the Presidency of Diosdado Macapagal, the Philippines was second only to Japan in economic progress in Asia.

 

Gloria upheld the high academic standards of her parents, graduating valedictorian of her high school class in Assumption Convent. She was consistently on the Dean's List during her two-year college stint at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where former US President Bill Clinton became her classmate. She graduated magna cum laude from Assumption College with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce. She later earned a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of the Philippines.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo began her professional career as a teacher at Assumption College. She later became Assistant Professor at the Ateneo de Manila University, and Senior Lecturer at the UP School of Economics.

 

Macapagal-Arroyo entered government service as an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry during the Aquino Administration. She also became Executive Director of the Garments and Textile Export Board, steering the garments industry to become the top net dollar earner for the country, and rose to the rank of Undersecretary of Trade and Industry. During her tenure in the Senate, she authored 55 laws on economic and social reform and was named outstanding Senator several times. When she was elected Vice President, President Joseph Estrada appointed her as concurrent Secretary of Social Welfare and Development, a post she held until her resignation from the Cabinet on 12 October 2000.

 

President Macapagal-Arroyo is married to lawyer-businessman Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the grandson of the late Senator Jose Ma. Arroyo of Iloilo. They have three children, Mikey, Luli, and Dato.