Angelo Jimenez

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Angelo Jimenez
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22nd President of the University of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 10, 2023

Angelo Azura Jimenez is a Filipino lawyer who is currently serving as the 22nd president of the University of the Philippines. [2] [3]

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Education

Jimenez earned his sociology and law degrees from the University of the Philippines Diliman. [4] [5] He passed the Bar examination in 1994. [4]

He later became a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. [4] He received his master's degree in public management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. [4] [5]

Career

Law

Jimenez is an Of counsel with the Jaromay Laurente and Associates and a consultant of a House member. [4]

Academe

Jimenez served on the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents twice: as a student regent (1992) and as a regent (2016–2021). [4] [5] [6] He was a lecturer at the UP Law Center Institute of the Administration of Justice (2016–2021). [4]

Government service

Jimenez is an expert on Philippine overseas labor issues and global migration. He served in the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration as an acting deputy administrator, [5] [6] as well as in the Department of Labor and Employment. [4] [6] He also served as labor attaché in Japan. [6]

He received two presidential citations for his efforts to protect Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle East. [6]

Media

Jimenez is an opinion writer on ABS-CBN News website. [6]

Angelo Jimenez sharing a message during the UAAP Season 87 Angelo Jimenez.jpg
Angelo Jimenez sharing a message during the UAAP Season 87

UP president

In December 2022, Jimenez was elected by the UP Board of Regents as the 22nd university president over five other nominees. [7] His term began on February 10, 2023. [8] [9]

On May 14, 2024, Jimenez proclaimed University of the Philippines's new logo and “Honor, Excellence, Service” motto. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Three-point program for OWWA". gmanetwork.com. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ↑ "Who is Angelo Jimenez, the new UP president?". rappler.com. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  3. ↑ "Former UP Regent Angelo Jimenez to succeed Concepcion as the next UP President – University of the Philippines". up.edu.ph. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Who is UP's new president, former regent Atty. Angelo Jimenez?". The Philippine Star . December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Ex-regent Angelo Jimenez named new UP president". GMA News . December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Angelo Jimenez is 22nd UP president". ABS-CBN News . December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Angelo Jimenez appointed new UP president". Philippine News Agency . December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Angelo Jimenez begins 6-year term as UP president". ABS-CBN News . February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Jimenez officially takes the helm as 22nd UP president". Manila Bulletin . February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ Acebuche, Yoniel (May 14, 2024). "UP president Angelo Jimenez unveils university's new motto: 'Honor. Excellence. Service'". The Philippine Star . Retrieved May 15, 2024.
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