Edgardo Angara

Edgardo J. Angara
Angara in 2000
14th President of the Senate of the Philippines
In office
January 18, 1993 – August 28, 1995
Preceded byNeptali Gonzales
Succeeded byNeptali Gonzales
Senator of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2013
In office
June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998
32nd Executive Secretary of the Philippines
In office
January 6, 2001 – January 20, 2001
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Preceded byRonaldo Zamora
Succeeded byRenato de Villa
35th Secretary of Agriculture
In office
May 25, 1999 – January 6, 2001
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Preceded byWilliam Dar
Succeeded byDomingo F. Panganiban
Senate Minority Leader
In office
August 28, 1995 – October 10, 1996
Preceded byWigberto Tañada
Succeeded byNeptali Gonzales
15th President of the University of the Philippines
In office
1981–1987
Preceded byEmanuel V. Soriano
Succeeded byJosé Abueva
Personal details
Born
Edgardo Javier Angara

(1934-09-24)September 24, 1934
Baler, Tayabas, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (now Baler, Aurora, Philippines)
DiedMay 13, 2018(2018-05-13) (aged 83)
Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Political partyLDP (1992–2018)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (1987–1992)
SpouseGloria Manalang
ChildrenRosalyn "Anna" Angara
Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara
Alexandria "Alex" Angara-Cole
Katerina "Katya" Angara
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines (LL.B)
University of Michigan (LL.M)
ProfessionLawyer

Edgardo Javier Angara (Tagalog pronunciation: [aŋˈɡara], September 24, 1934 – May 13, 2018)[1][2] was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as Senate President from 1993 to 1995. Angara had the second longest tenure in the history of the Senate, serving four terms and a total of twenty-three years. As a legislator, Angara has championed numerous important laws and bills including the free high school law, the Senior Citizen discount law, and many more.

In between his Senate stints, Angara also served as Secretary of Agriculture from 1999 to 2001 and also held other government positions briefly.

Outside politics, Angara served as the President of the University of the Philippines and also established himself as one of the most important figures in the bar when he was elected president of the Philippine Bar Association, the nation's oldest voluntary bar society. In 1975, he also served as president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the country's unified association of lawyers.

His leadership was acknowledged even on a global scale. He was chosen to serve as the first president of the largest regional legal association in the world, the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) Law Association, when it was founded in 1980.

On May 17, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Angara as the special envoy of the Philippines to the European Union.[3]

  1. ^ "Former Senate president Edgardo Angara dies". Rappler. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "Former senator Edgardo Angara passes away". GMA News. May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Placido, Dharel (May 17, 2017). "Duterte appoints former Senate President Angara as special envoy to the EU". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. Retrieved May 17, 2017.