Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Gil, the birth surname or paternal family name is Puyat, and the marital name is Reyes.

The Honourable
Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes
Ambassador of the Philippines to Chile
In office
1999–??
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Benigno Aquino III
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Makati's at-large congressional district
In office
June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1992
Preceded byRuperto Gaite (as Assemblyman)
Succeeded byJoker Arroyo
Personal details
Born
Maria Consuelo Gil Puyat

(1937-11-26) November 26, 1937 (age 86)
Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Political partyPDP–Laban (c. 1987)
Lakas ng Bansa (c. 1987)
SpouseGregorio Reyes
OccupationPolitician, ambassador

Maria Consuelo Gil Puyat-Reyes (born November 26, 1937, in Manila)[1] is a Filipino politician and diplomat. She served as ambassador of the Philippines to Chile from 1999[2] and as a congresswoman from Makati from 1987 to 1992.[3]

Puyat-Reyes is the daughter of Deogracias Puyat, a lawyer, and Patria Gil. She is the granddaughter of Pedro Gil, a diplomat and legislator from Manila. She attended St. Paul's College where she earned her bachelor's degree in education. She also has a master's degree in business economics from the Center for Research and Communication.[1] She was married to Gregorio Reyes.

Throughout the 1980s, Puyat-Reyes headed the annual anti-tuberculosis fund campaign organized by the Philippine Tuberculosis Society.[4] In January 2000, the Makati Regional Trial Court ordered Puyat-Reyes to be arrested for failing to testify regarding the estate of her late husband. The case is about her and her stepdaughters, Christina and Rina.[5]

  1. ^ a b Congress of the Philippines (1988). The Philippine Congress, 1987-1992. Creative Computech Pub.
  2. ^ "RP envoy to Chile honored for 10 years of service". GMANews.TV. April 22, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "ROSTER OF PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS".List of Members of the House of Representatives, Philippines
  4. ^ "Anti-TB fund drive". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. February 22, 1988. p. 2. Retrieved February 25, 2022. This is the seventh year that Rep. Reyes is the general chairman of the nationwide campaign.
  5. ^ "Makati Regional Trial Court orders PH envoy to Chile arrested". Philippine Star. January 17, 2000.