Cesar Virata

Cesar Virata
Virata in 2019
4th Prime Minister of the Philippines
In office
July 28, 1981[1] – February 25, 1986
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
DeputyJosé Roño
Preceded byFerdinand Marcos
Succeeded bySalvador Laurel
3rd Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority and Minister of Economic Planning
In office
1983–1984
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Preceded byPlacido Mapa Jr.
Succeeded byVicente Valdepeñas Jr.
Secretary/Minister of Finance
In office
February 9, 1970 – March 3, 1986
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Preceded byEduardo Romualdez
Succeeded byJaime Ongpin
Member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa
In office
June 30, 1984 – March 25, 1986
ConstituencyCavite
Member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa
In office
June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984
ConstituencyRegion IV-A
Personal details
Born
Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata

(1930-12-12) December 12, 1930 (age 93)
Kawit, Cavite, Philippine Islands
Political partyIndependent (1986–present)
KBL (1978–1986)
SpousePhylita Joy Gamboa
Children3
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
AwardsGrand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun

Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata KGCR (born December 12, 1930)[2] is a Filipino former statesman and businessman who was the fourth Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. He is currently the corporate vice chairman of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.[3] He is the eponym of the Cesar Virata School of Business, the business school of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

  1. ^ Acting from June 30, 1981 to July 28, 1981
  2. ^ Profile of Cesar Virata
  3. ^ Tupas, Emmanuel. "Año, Bongbong, Virata test positive". PhilStar.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.