MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named lawyer Gilberto Teodoro Jr. as the new Defense secretary replacing former military general Carlito Galvez.
The 58-year old Teodoro is a graduate of Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Major in Financial Institutions from De La Salle University – Manila. He completed his law degree and graduated at the top of his class at the University of the Philippines.
He achieved the
top rank in the 1989 Philippine Bar Examinations. He furthered his legal
education by obtaining a Master’s degree in Law from Harvard University.
Teodoro has
extensive experience in both the private and the public sectors. He served as a
three-term Member of Congress, representing the First District of Tarlac, and
previously held the esteemed position of Secretary of Defense under President
Gloria Arroyo’s administration, where he became the youngest to hold the
position at the age of 43.
Teodoro also
assumed the role of Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council
during his tenure as Secretary of Defense.
Throughout his
career, Teodoro has received numerous accolades for his leadership and academic
excellence. Notably, he was recognized as a Leadership Awardee and Seminar Academic
Excellence Awardee during his time at the Air Command and Staff College, Air
Education and Training Command Philippine Air Force Command and Staff Course in
2001.
In 2003, he
attended the Joint and Combined Staff Officers Course, Class Nr 1, JCSC in Camp
Aguinaldo, where he was honored as a Leadership Awardee. (Mindanao Examiner)
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