Miriam Coronel-Ferrer

Miriam Coronel-Ferrer
Miriam Coronel-Ferrer (2016)
Personal details
NationalityFilipino
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (AB)
University of Kent (MA)
ProfessionProfessor

Miriam Coronel-Ferrer is a Filipino peace negotiator who was the chair of the peace panel of the government of the Philippines during the time of President Simeon Benigno Aquino III (2010–2016). On behalf of the government, Coronel-Ferrer signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.[1] She is the first female chief negotiator in the world to sign a final peace accord with a rebel group.[2]

She is also a political science professor at the University of the Philippines (UP).

  1. ^ "UP Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer is new head of govt peace panel for MILF talks │ GMA News Online".
  2. ^ "Chief PH gov't negotiator receives Clinton peace award". 23 April 2015.