Angelo Jimenez

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Azura and the surname or paternal family name is Jimenez.
Angelo Jimenez
22nd President of the University of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 10, 2023
Preceded byDanilo Concepcion
Personal details
ChildrenAaron Atticus V. Jimenez [1]
EducationUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (BA, LLB)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (MPM)
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • university administrator

Angelo Azura Jimenez is a Filipino lawyer who is currently serving as the 22nd president of the University of the Philippines.[2][3]

Education

Jimenez earned his sociology and law degrees from the University of the Philippines Diliman.[4][5] He passed the Bar examination in 1994.[4]

He later became a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[4] He received his master's degree in public management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.[4][5]

Career

Law

Jimenez is an Of counsel with the Jaromay Laurente and Associates and a consultant of a House member.[4]

Academe

Jimenez served on the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents twice: as a student regent (1992) and as a regent (2016–2021).[4][5][6] He was a lecturer at the UP Law Center Institute of the Administration of Justice (2016–2021).[4]

Government service

Jimenez is an expert on Philippine overseas labor issues and global migration. He served in the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration as an acting deputy administrator,[5][6] as well as in the Department of Labor and Employment.[4][6] He also served as labor attaché in Japan.[6]

He received two presidential citations for his efforts to protect Overseas Filipino Workers in Middle East.[6]

Media

Jimenez is an opinion writer on ABS-CBN News website.[6]

UP president

In December 2022, Jimenez was elected by the UP Board of Regents as the 22nd university president over five other nominees.[7] His term began on February 10, 2023.[8][9]

On May 14, 2024, Jimenez proclaimed University of the Philippines's new logo and “Honor, Excellence, Service” motto.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Three-point program for OWWA". gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ "Who is Angelo Jimenez, the new UP president?". rappler.com. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  3. ^ "Former UP Regent Angelo Jimenez to succeed Concepcion as the next UP President – University of the Philippines". up.edu.ph. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Who is UP's new president, former regent Atty. Angelo Jimenez?". The Philippine Star. December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ex-regent Angelo Jimenez named new UP president". GMA News. December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Angelo Jimenez is 22nd UP president". ABS-CBN News. December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "Angelo Jimenez appointed new UP president". Philippine News Agency. December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "Angelo Jimenez begins 6-year term as UP president". ABS-CBN News. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jimenez officially takes the helm as 22nd UP president". Manila Bulletin. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  10. ^ Acebuche, Yoniel (May 14, 2024). "UP president Angelo Jimenez unveils university's new motto: 'Honor. Excellence. Service'". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
Academic offices
Preceded by President of the University of the Philippines
2023–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Fernanda Lampas-Peralta
as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals 		Order of Precedence of the Philippines
as President of the University of the Philippines 		Succeeded byas Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines