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FEMALE CABINET MEMBERS (2010 1948)

2010- Chief of the Presidential Management Staff Julia Abad 2010- Head of the Commission on Higher Education Patricia Licuanan 2010- Cabinet Member and Adviser on the Peggace Process Teresita Deles 2010- Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Baldoz 2010- Secretary of Justice Leila de Lima 2010 Under Secretary of Finance Estela V. Sales 2010 Under Secretary of Finance Crisanta S. Legazpi 2010 Undersecretary of Education Vilma Labrador 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Tourism Janet Rita B. Lazatin 2009-10 Under Secretary of Tourism Cynthia L. Carrion 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Maria Theresa M.

Alano 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Parisya M. Taradji 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Florita R. Villar 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Maria Lourdes P. Orijola 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Dr. Carol M. Yorobe 2009-10 Assistant Secretary Public Works and Highways Maria Catalin E. Cabral 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Labour and Employment Maria Teresa Soriano 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Labour and Employment Rebecca J. Caezado 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Labour and Employment Lourdes M. Trasmonte 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Labour and Employment Luzminda G. Padilla 2009-10 Under Secretary of Labour and Employment Carmelita M. Pineda 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Interior and Local Government Encarnacion G.

Blanco 2009-10 Under Secretary of Environment and National Resources Teresita Samon

Castillo

2009-10 Under Secretary of Environment and National Resources Mary AnnLucille L. Sering 2009-10 Under Secretary of Energy Loreta G. Ayson 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Justice Teresita R: Domingo 2009-10 Under Secretary of Justice Linda L. Malaneb-Hornilla 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Health Lydia Fernandez 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Paulyn Rean R. Ubial 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Health Margarita M. Galon 2009-10 Under Secretary of Health Ethlyn P. Nieto 2009-10 Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform Rosalina L. Bistoyong 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Finance Maria Lourdes Recente 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Finance Maria Teresa Habitan 2009-10 Assistant Secretary of Finance Emilia Cruz

2006-10 Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Dr. Esperanza Cabral2010 Secretary of Health

2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Transport and Communications Cecilia V. Reyes 2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Trade and Industry and Chief of Staff Arlene

Mendoza 2004-09 Assistant Secretary of Trade and Industry Carissa P. Cruz


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2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Agrarian Reform Rosalita T. Nunez 2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Maripaz L. Perez 2004-09 Assistant Secretary of Labour and Employment Maria Anthonette

Velasco-Allones 2004-09 Assistant Secretary of Energy Griselda J.G. Bausa 2004-09 Assistant Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

Analiza R. Teh 2004-09 Assistant Secretary of Health Dolores C. Castillo 2004-09 Assistant Secreary of Social Welfare and Development Alicia R. Bala

2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for United Nations Maria Lourdes V.Ramiro-Lopez Former UN-Official

2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ophelia A. GonzalesFormer Consul General to Hamburg, Bremen, Niedersachsen, Schleswig Holstein,

Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Sachsen Anhalt in Germany.

2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teresita VG BarsanaFormer Consul General in the Netherlands

2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Susan O. CastrenceFormer Consul General, Toronto, Canada

2004-09 Undersecretary of Science and Technology Eriberta B. Nepomuceno 2004-09 Undersecretary of Education Bai Sandra S. Ampatuan Sema 2004-10 Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Sonia C. Brady 2004-09 Undersecretary of Finance Maria Gracia P. Tan Ca. 2002-09 Undersecretary of Social Welfare for Muslim Affairs Bai Omera H.

Dianalan-Lucman

2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Tourism Maria Theresa I. Martinez 2004-98 Assistant Secretary of Justice Lydia D. Resurreccion 2004-10 Assistant Secretary of Justice Teresita R. Domingo

2004-05 Secretary General of the National Anti-Poverty Commission

Imelda M. NicolasA Senior Presidential Advisor until her resignation.

2004-09 Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission Fe Barin 2004 Acting Secretary of Justice Maria Mereditas N. Gutierrez

She was Undersecretary of Justice from before

2003. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel from 2004.

2009 Acting Secretary of Justice Agnes V.S.T. DevanaderaCandidate for a seat in the Supreme Court in 2009.

2002-04 Assistant Secretary of Transport and Communication Delia R. Hoy-Ganden

2002-04 Assistant Secretary of Transport and Communication Lydia S. Malvar 2002-04 Assistant Secretary of Trade of Industry Minerva P. Franco 2002-10 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Jocelyn G. Alvarado 2002-04 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Minerva Jean A. Falcon

From 2004 Ambassador to Germany


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2002-04 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Lourdes G. MoralesFrom 2004 Ambassador to Cyprus

2002-09 Undersecretary of Finance Nieves L. Osorio 2002-05 Assistant Secretary of Education, Culture and Sport Blanquita Bautista

2002-10 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Belinda A. Gonzales

2004-05 Presidential Advisor for Multilateral Cooperation and Development andNatural Resources Delia Domingo AlbertA career diplomat since 1967 among others as Ambassador to Australia, Nauru,

Tuvalu and Vanuatu and the ASEAN, Ambassador to Germany since 2005. (b.

1942-).

2001-02 Assistant Secretary of Health Cecilia Banca-Santos 2001-09 Assistant Secretary of the Press Office Carolina Z. Mangawang 2001-04 Undersecretary of Justice Manuela T. Teehankee 2001-04 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Belen F. Anotna 2001-04 Assistant Secretary of Environment and National Resources Mylene G.

Albano 2001-09 Assistant Secretary of Education, Culture and Sport Marina Lourdes G. De

Vera 2001-02 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Maria Theresa C. Capellan 2001-02 Undersecretary of Agriculture Arsenia M. Balisacan 2001-02 Undersecretary of Agriculture Demaree J.B. Raval 2001-02 Assistant Secretary of Agrarian Reform Antoniette R. Raquiza 2001-09 Deputy Executive Secretary for Finance and Administration Susanja

Vargas

2001-05 Member of the Cabinet and Leader of the National Anti-PowertyCommission Teresita Ging Quintos DelesSenior Presidential Advisor until her resignation.

2001-04 Member of the Cabinet and Secretary of the Presidential ManagementStaff Victoria Garchitorena

2001-05 and 2010-10Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Dinky Juliano-Soliman. Her full name is Corazon Julian N. Soliman

2000-2001 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Flordeliz S. Melendez 2000-01 Assistant Secretary of Interior and Local Administration Carolina Z.

Mangwang 2000-04 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Victoria S. Bataclan 2000-04 Assistant Secretary of Environment and National Resources Paula P.

Defensor 2000-10 Assistant Secretary of Budget and Management Evelyn V. Guerrero 2000-02 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Maria Celia H. Fernandez 2000-04 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Lourdes G.

Balanon2004-09 Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development

2000-01 Secretary of Social Welfare Dulce SasuinsagResigned during the protests against the regime of President Estrada in January

2001.


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1999-2004 Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Press Secretary Carmen S. Suva2004-09 Undersecretary in the Press Office

1999-2000 Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Press Secretary Rosario P. Dizon 1999-2000 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Gloria S.

Mallane 1999-2000 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Ruth E. Layug2000-02 Assistant Secretary of Tourism

2001 Acting Secretary of Tourism

2002-09 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

1999-2000 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Gloria S.Mallane

1999-2001 Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development Felicidad I.Villareal

1999-2004 Assistant Secretary of Labour and Employment Reydeluz D. Conferido2009-10 Under Secretary of Labour and Employment

1999-2002 First Undersecretary of Labour and Employment Rosalinda D. Baldoz 1999-2009 Assistant Secretary of Health Zenaida O. Ludovice 1999-2001 Assistant Secretary of Health Cecilia Banca-Santos 1999-2004 Assistant Secretary of Education, Culture and Sport Fe A. Hidalgo

2004-06 Undersecretary of Education

2006-07 Acting Secretary of Education

1999-2002 Assistant Secretary of Transportation and Communication Estelita G.Adriano

1999 Assistant Secretary of Labour and Employment Carmela I. Torres 1999-2000 Assistant Secretary of Public Works and Highways Linda M. Templo Ca. 1999-2000 Assistant Secretary of Finance Lily K. Gruba

2000-02 Undersecretary of Finance

Ca. 1999-2000 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Milagros R. PerezLater Consul General to Milano, Italy. 1999-2004 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Rosalinda V. Tirona

Ambassador to India, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam ca. 1987-98 and

to Tanzania and Burundi, Comoros, Dhjibuti, Eritrea, Ethiopia,

Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, andUganda.

1999-2002 Undersecretary of Health Susan Pineda-Mercado 1999-2009 Undersecretary of Trade and Industry Nelly F. Villafuerte

Afterwards Member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank.

1998-99 Assistant Secretary of Transportation and Communication Teresitia S.Valdez

1998-10 Assistant Secretary of Tourism Ma. Theresia I. Martinez

1998-2009 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Rhoda F. Yap 1998-2004 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Celia C.

Yangco2004-10 1. Undersecretary of Social Welfare

2005 and 2010 Acting Secretary of Social Welfare and Developmen

1998-2001 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Imelda D. Rodriguez 1998-2000 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Lydia G. Tansinsin 1998-2004 Assistant Secretary of Justice Teresita D. Lucas


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1998-2004 Assistant Secretary of Justice Elvira P. Atanacio 1998-10 Assistant Secretary of Finance Ma. Eleanor F. Dela Cruz 1998-2004 Assistant Secretary of Energy Flordeliza M. Andres 1998-2004 Assistant Secretary of Budget and Management Laura B. Pascua

2004-05 Undersecretary of Budget and Management

1998-2000 Assistant Secretary of Budget and ManagementNarcisa O. Santos 1998-2000 Assistant Secretary of Budget and Management Cynthia G. Castel


1998-2009 Assistant Secretary of National Defence Leticia A. Gloria 1998-99 Assistant Secretary of Interior and Local Government Yolanda Maria L.

de Leon Ca. 1998-99 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Asean Affairs Emelinda D.

Pineda Ca. 1998-99 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs Luz R.

Palacios 1998-2000 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Zenaida Tarcorda Rabago

Later Consul General to Vancuver in Canada.

1998-2000 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ofelia B. CastaoAmbassador to Turkey from 2000.

1998-99 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Marinela R Castillo 1998-2009 1. Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development Belinda C.

Manahan 1998-99 Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development Milagros I. Llanes

In 1998 both the secretary (Gloria Arrayo), the two undersecretaries and the two

assistant secretaries were women.

1998-2000 Undersecretary of Health Teresita Dela Cruz 1998-2009 Undersecretary of Health Margarita M. Galon 1998-2009 Undersecretary of Health Milagros L. Fernandez 1998-2000 Undersecretary of Budget and Management Irene G. Paleja 1998-99 Assistant of the President for Agrarian and Legal Reforms Milagros A.

German 1998-2000 Cabinet Secretary and Presidential Secretary Leonora Vazques-De

Jesus2000-01 Secretary of Housing

2001-04 Officer-in-Charge of the Housing and Urban Development Coordination

Council

Resigned during the protests against President Estrada

1998-2001 Member of the Cabinet and Chief of Presidential Legal CouncilHenrietta Demetrieou

1998-2001 Secretary of Tourism Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz-AranetaResigned during the protests against President Estrada, who was accused ofcorruption. In 1964 she was Miss International as the first Asian winner of the

Beauty Contest.

1998 Secretary of Education, Culture and Sport Erlinda C. Perifanco1998-99 Undersecretary of Education, Culture and Sport

1997-2001 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Luwalhati F.Pablo


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2001-10 Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development

2006 Acting Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

Ca.1997-98 Chairperson and Director of the Economic Zone Authority Lilia B. deLima

1997-2009 Assistant Secretary of Trade and Industry Zenaida Cuison-Maglaya 1997-2000 Assistant Secretary of Industry and

Trade Edsel T. Custodio

Ca.1997-2000 Undersecretary of Finance Maria Cecilia G. Soriano Ca.1997-2001 Undersecretary of Finance Milwida M. Guevarra 1997-2002 and 2009-10 Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Rosario G. Manalo

Between 1981-87 Ambassador to the European Communities, 1990-95 to France,

1995-97 to Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. United Nations Committee

on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 2005-06.

1996-98 Cabinet MemberAmina Rasul-Bernado1996-99 Presidential Advisor for Youth Affairs

1996-98 and 1998-99 Secretary of Health Carmencita Reodica 1995-96 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for America Alicia C. Ramos2002-03 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Asean

2003-05 () Asistant Secretary of Foreign Affirs for Asian and Pacific Affairs

Ambassador to Romania 1990-93, Singapore, 1993-95 and New Zealand 1996-

2002, she was murdered in her home, and lived (1960-2005).

1995-1997 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Asia and Pacific Affairs ErlindaFaderaBasilio

2006-2007 and 2010- Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs for Policy

2011 (18-22.02) Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador to Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuenia 1997-

2003 and later Head of the Foreign Affairs Institute and Permanent

Representative to the United Nations in Geneva 2007-2010. (b. 1944-)

1995-2001 1. Undersecretary of Science and Technology Estrella F. Alabastro2001-10 Secretary of Science and Technology

In 1998 the department had two female undersecretaries and two female

assistant secretaries. Only the Secretary was a man

1996 Acting Secretary of Tourism Evelyn B. PantrigCa. 1996-2009 Undersecretary of Tourism

1995-96 and 1998 Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Lilian Laigo 1993-98 Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform Corazun del RosariO Before 1992 Assistant Secretary of Industry Lilia R. Bautista

Until 1992 Undersecretary of Trade and Industry

1992 Acting of Trade and Industry

2000-2001 Senior Undersecretary of Trade and Industry, Special Trade Negotiator

Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to WHO, ILO and other international

Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland 1992-99. From 2004 Ambassador to

Belgium, EU etc.


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1992-98 Undersecretary of Transportation and Communication Josefina Trinidad-Lichauco1998 Acting Secretary of Transportation and Communication

2000-01 Undersecretary of Transportation and Communication

1992-96 Undersecretary of Tourism (Guiller)mina Gabor1996-98 Secretary of Tourism

1992-98 Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development Flora C. Euremio 1992-98 Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development Leticia A. Moises 1992-93 Presidential Spokesperson Anabella T. Abaya

1992-96 Leader of President's Management Staff of the National Security Council

1992-92 Secretary of LabourMarie Nieves E. Confessor 1990-91 Assistant Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Elisea G.

Gozun

2002-04 Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

From 1991-2002 Bebet Gozun, as she is also known, worked in various private

companies. (b. 1952-)

1989-91 Assistant Secretary of Budget and Management Emilia T. Boncodin


1998 and 2001-05 Secretary of Budget and Management

1987-90 Chairperson of the Cabinet Commission of Immigration and DeportationMaria Defensor SantiagoAround 1990 Undersecretary of Agricultural Reform 1992 and 1998 Presidential

Candidate

Since 1991 Chairperson of Peoples Reform Party

1987-88 Assistant Secretary of Education Patricia Sto. Tomas2001-06 Secretary of Labour and EmploymentPatricia Aragon Santo Tomas was Administrator of DOEA/DDLE 1982-87 and 1988.

Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission 1988-95 and Chairperson of the

Board of Development Bank of the Philippines since 2006.

1987-92 Assistant Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Corazon Alma C.de Leon1992 Undersecretary of Social Welfare and Development

1992-95 Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

1987-1993 Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology Amelia C. Ancog1993-2000 Undersecretary of Science and Technology

1995 and 1996 Acting Secretary of Science and Technology

(b.1933-). 1987-89 Undersecretary of Tourism Narzalina Lim

1989-92 Secretary of Tourism

1993-98 Undersecretary of Tourism

1987-8 Executive Secretary to President Luz Cleta Reyes-BakunawaThe executive secretary in charge of the Cabinet and the highest ranking

Secretary, whose office is placed in the Office of the President. Member of the

House of Representatives 1988-98.


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1987-89 Assistant Secretary of Trade and Industry Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo1989-92 Undersecretary of Trade and Industry

1998-2001 Executive Vice-President1998-2000 Secretary of Social Development and Welfare2001-10Executive President (20.01-)2002 Minister of Foreign Affairs2003 Minister of Defence

2003 Minister of Foreign Affairs

2006-07 Minister of DefenceGloria Arroyo was Senator 1992-98. The President charged her with the leadership

of the Cabinet Meetings, but in 2000 she resigned from the cabinet after

accusations against President Estrada for corruption. Daughter of the late

President Diosdado Macapagal and Dr. Evangeline Macaraeg-Macapagal,

mother of two sons and a daughter (b. 1947-)

1986-92 Assistant Scretary of Finance Juanita Dy Amatong1992-95 and 2001-03 Undersecretary of Finance

2002-03 First Undersecretary of Finance

2003-05 Secretary of Finance

Later Member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank.

1986-87 Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Leticita Ramos-ShahaniBetween 1975-78 Ambassador to Rumania, Hungary and German Democratic

Republic, 1978-80 to Australia, 1981-86 Assistant Secretary General to The UN for

Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs. 1987-99 Senator and Chairperson

of the Foreign Affairs Committee, 1993-96 President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Her brother, Fidel Ramos, was President 1992-98. (b. 1929-)

1986-89 Cabinet Minister, Head of President's Commission on Human Rights MaryConcepion Bautista

1986-89 Secretary of Social Services Dr. Minita Pardo de Tavera 1986-90 Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports Lourdes Sevilla Quisumbung

Between 1990-92 Ambassador and Secretary General of UNESCO National

Commission in the Philippines and Member of the Executive Board in Paris.

1986-87 Secretary of Economic Planning Solita Winnie Collas-Monsod1987-89 Cabinet Minister, Director General for the National Economic and

Development Department.

1986-92 Executive President and Head of the Cabinet Maria Corazn CojuangcoAquino(25.2-30-6)

Leader of the opposition after the murder of her husband Ninoi Aquino in 1986,

1998 among the senior advisors of the new President Estrada. Born Maria

Corazn Sumulong Cojungaco, and mother of 4 children. She lived (1933-2009)

Around 1982 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Nelia T. Gonzales


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Around 1982 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Aurora B. Marcos Around 1982 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Josefina A. Saldana Around 1982 Undersecretary of Tourism Dolores Sison Around 1982 Undersecretary of Education and Culture Helena Benitez Around 1982 Undersecretary of Education and Culture Felicita G. Bardino Around 1982 Assistant Secretary of Social Service and Development

Rosita L.Fondevilla 1981-82 Undersecretary of Social Security and Development Carmencita Reyes

Since 1998 Governor of Marinduque.

1978-86 Secretary of Social Affairs and Development Sylvia P. Montes 1978-84 Secretary of Resettlement Imelda Ramaldez Marcos

1978-83 Secretary of Ecology

1982-84 Member of Executive Council of Cabinet

1992 and 1998 Presidential Candidate

Between 1975-86 Governor of Manila, 1987-1993 Leader New Society Movement

Party. Married to President Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled as a dictator for many

years until 1987. (b. 1927-) 1975-77 Commissioner of National Integration Moma Sinsuat 1972-78 Secretary of Social Affairs Estefania Aldaba-Lim

She lived (1917-2006) An author, she worked in the Foreign Ministry from the

1940's and Minister to West Germany 1959-64. She lived (1905-2007).

1964-69 Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs Pura Santillan-Castrence. An author,she worked in the Foreign Ministry from the 1940's and Minister to West Germany

1959-64. She lived (1905-2007).

1961 Administrator of Social Welfare Tecla San Andres-ZigaSenator 1963-69. (b. 1906-..).

1957-61 Administrator of Social Welfare Ampora Villamor 1954-55 Administrator of Social Welfare Welfare Pacita Madrigal WarnsSenator 1955-61 and among others Chairperson of the Social Justice

Committee. She lived (1915-2008).

1949-54 Cabinet MemberBetween 1941-44 Lieutenant Colonel in the resistance movement in Pacific

War. She lived (1895-1967)

1948-54 Commissioner of Social Welfare Asuncin Arriola Perez

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