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TEODORO L. LOCSIN, JR.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Republic
of the Philippines |
A lawyer by profession and a
journalist by trade, Secretary
Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. holds a Master
of Laws from Harvard Law School, and
was publisher, editorial writer, and
co- anchor and host of a number of
national broadsheets and radio and
TV news shows. He was publisher of
Today and Globe newspapers, host and
co-anchor of TV shows “Teditorial”,
“The Assignment” and “Points of
View,” and co-anchor of radio shows
“Executive Session” and “Karambola”.
He was also editorial writer of the
Philippine Press and writer of
Interaksyon.
He had a brief stint in the academe
as lecturer at the US National
Defense College.
In government, he served as legal
counsel and speech writer to
President Corazon Aquino, and
speechwriter to Presidents Joseph
Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
He was also elected to the
Philippine House of Representatives,
where he represented the First
District of Makati City from 2001 to
2010.
He served as the 20th Philippine
Permanent Representative to the UN,
of which the Philippines is a
founding member, succeeding a long
line of distinguished diplomats such
as Carlos P. Romulo.
He is married to Ma. Lourdes
Barcelon Locsin and has four
children. |