Carlos P. Romulo

Carlos P. Romulo
Romulo in 1949
President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office
September 20, 1949 – June 30, 1950
Preceded byH. V. Evatt
Succeeded byNasrollah Entezam
Secretary/Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1968 – January 1984
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Preceded byNarciso Ramos
Succeeded byManuel Collantes (Acting)
In office
1963–1964
PresidentDiosdado Macapagal
Preceded bySalvador P. Lopez
Succeeded byMauro Mendez
In office
May 11, 1950 – 1951
PresidentElpidio Quirino
Preceded byFelino Neri
Succeeded byJoaquín Miguel Elizalde
Secretary of Instruction and Information/Education
In office
December 30, 1965 – December 16, 1967
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Preceded byAlejandro Roces
Succeeded byOnofre Corpuz (Acting)
In office
October 1944 – February 1945
PresidentSergio Osmeña
Preceded bySergio Osmeña
Succeeded byMaximo Kalaw
Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States
In office
September 1955 – February 1962
PresidentRamon Magsaysay
Carlos P. Garcia
Diosdado Macapagal
Preceded byJoaquín Miguel Elizalde
Succeeded byEmilio Abello
In office
January 1952 – May, 1953
PresidentElpidio Quirino
Preceded byJoaquín Miguel Elizalde
Succeeded byJoaquín Miguel Elizalde
Resident Commissioner of the Philippines
In office
August 10, 1944 – July 4, 1946
PresidentSergio Osmeña
Preceded byJoaquín Miguel Elizalde
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Secretary of Information and Public Relations
In office
1943–1945
PresidentManuel L. Quezon
Sergio Osmeña
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa
In office
June 12, 1978 – September 16, 1983
ConstituencyRegion IV
11th President of the University of the Philippines
In office
1962–1968
Preceded byVicente Sinco
Succeeded bySalvador P. Lopez
Personal details
Born
Carlos Peña Romulo

(1898-01-14)January 14, 1898
Intramuros, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish East Indies
DiedDecember 15, 1985(1985-12-15) (aged 87)
Manila, Philippines
Resting placeLibingan ng mga Bayani
Metro Manila, Philippines
Political partyKBL (1978–1985)
Other political
affiliations
Nacionalista (before 1946; 1957–1978)
Democratic (1953–1957)
Liberal (1946–1953)
Spouse(s)Virginia Llamas
Beth Day
RelationsAlberto Romulo (nephew)
Roman Romulo (grandnephew)
Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (grandniece)
Children4
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Manila
Columbia University
OccupationDiplomat, author, statesman, soldier
ProfessionJournalist
AwardsSee below
Websitewww.carlospromulo.org
Military service
Allegiance Philippines
Branch/serviceArmed Forces of the Philippines (Reserve)
commissioned to United States Army
Rank Major General
Battles/warsWorld War II

Carlos Peña Romulo Sr. GCS CLH NA GCrM GCrGH KGCR (January 14, 1899 – December 15, 1985) was a Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at the age of 16, a newspaper editor by 20, and a publisher at 32. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, university president, and president of the United Nations General Assembly.

He has been named as one of the Philippines's national artists in literature, and was the recipient of many other honors and honorary degrees.

Romulo believed in anti-colonialism and internationalism, as well as held Pro-American, anti-communist, anti-fascist, and economically and politically liberal beliefs.[1]

  1. ^ Reeves, Mark (2023), Manela, Erez; Streets-Salter, Heather (eds.), "Carlos Romulo, Rotary Internationalism, and Conservative Anticolonialism", The Anticolonial Transnational: Imaginaries, Mobilities, and Networks in the Struggle against Empire, Cambridge University Press, pp. 89–108, doi:10.1017/9781009359115.006, ISBN 978-1-009-35912-2