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Romualdez
Romualdez is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alberto Romualdez (1940–2013), Filipino politician and doctor *Martin Romualdez (born 1963), Filipino politician, Media businessman person *Benjamin Romualdez (1930–2012), Filipino politician, former Governor of Leyte, ambassador to the United States, China and Saudi Arabia *Jose Manuel Romualdez (born 1947), Filipino Diplomat *Daisy Romualdez, Filipino actress, married to well known former basketball player Manny Paner *Daniel Romualdez (1907–1965), Filipino politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1957–1962) *Bongbong Marcos, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (born 1957), 17th President of the Philippines and former senator, only son of former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos *Imee Romualdez Marcos (born 1955), Filipino politician, Governor of Ilocos Norte and senator, daughter of Ferdinand E. Marcos *Imelda Romualdez Marcos (born 1929), Filipino politician, widow of forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jose Manuel Romualdez
Jose Manuel "Babe" del Gallego Romualdez (born November 8, 1947) is a Filipino journalist, publisher and business executive who is the current Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States. He previously served as Special Envoy of President Rodrigo Duterte to the United States. Early life and education Romualdez was born on November 8, 1947Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899–1984 " database with images, '''' (November 11, 2017), Romualdez, November 8, 1947; Birth, November 8, 1947, City of Manila Civil Registrar, Philippines; FHL microfilm 1,495,971. in |
Martin Romualdez
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez (, born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25, 2022. He is also serving as the Representative for the 1st district of Leyte since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2016. He formerly served as the House Majority Leader from 2019 to 2022, and unsuccessfully ran for senator in the 2016 elections. He is a first cousin of President Bongbong Marcos Romualdez is the owner of newspaper companies ''Manila Standard'' and the Journal Group of Publications and mass media firm Philippine Collective Media Corporation. He is also the National President of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats political party. Biography Family Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez was born on November 14, 1963, the third child of Benjamin Romualdez and Juliette Gomez-Romualdez. The Romualdezes are an influential and affluent family. His father, Benjamin, served as Governor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Romualdez
Daniel Zialcita Romualdez (September 11, 1907 – March 22, 1965) was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1957 to 1962. He was first cousin to former First Lady Imelda Marcos. Early life Daniel "Danieling" Romualdez was born in Tolosa, Leyte. He was enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas in Sampaloc, Manila and obtained his law degree in 1931. Ancestors Romualdez' father was Don Miguel Lopez Romualdez, assemblyman for Leyte and Mayor of Manila during World War II. His mother was Brigida Zialcita of Manila. Romualdez' father was the second of the three sons of Trinidad "Tidad" Lopez, eldest daughter of Spanish friar, Don Francisco Lopez of Granada, Spain (later of Burauen, Leyte), and Daniel Romuáldez of Pandacan, Manila, a tuberculosis survivor and Cabeza de Barangay. His paternal grandfather Daniel was owner of the Malacañang Gardens, the huge expanse of land dedicated to entertaining guests of Phili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Romualdez
Benjamin "Kokoy" Trinidad Romualdez (September 24, 1930 – February 21, 2012) was a Filipino politician who served as Governor of Leyte and later appointed as ambassador to the United States, China and Saudi Arabia. He was a younger brother to former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos and the father of House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez. Personal life The son of the late Vicente Orestes Romuáldez, a former dean of the law school of St. Paul’s College in Tacloban City, Kokoy Romualdez began his career in politics after serving as an assistant of then Speaker Daniel Romualdez from 1957 to 1961. He was a younger brother to former First Lady Imelda Marcos and the father of House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez. He was married to Juliette Gomez and children, Daniel, a practicing architect in New York, and partner Michael; Benjamin Philip, president and chief executive officer of Benguet Corp., who is married to Inquirer president and CEO Maria Alexandra; Ferdinand Martin, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda Romualdez Marcos
Imelda Romualdez Marcos (; born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who served as the First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power during the Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, dictatorship of her husband, 10th president Ferdinand Marcos. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. During her husband's 21-year rule, Imelda Marcos ordered the construction of many grandiose architectural projects, using public funds and "in impossibly short order" – a propaganda practice, which eventually came to be known as her "edifice complex". She and her husband Embezzlement, stole billions of Philippine peso, pesos from the Filipino people,Manapat, Ricardo (1991) Some Are Smarter than Others: The History of Marcos' Crony Capitalism. Ateneo de Manila University Press. amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth to by the time they were deposed in 1986; by 2018, about $3.6 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Romualdez
Dr. Alberto "Quasi" del Gallego Romualdez Jr. (14 September 1940 – 14 October 2013) was a Filipino doctor and was the Secretary of Health for the Philippines from 1998 to 2001. He was also the President of Friendly Care Foundation, Inc. Early life Romualdez was the eldest of the seven children of Alberto Zialcita Romualdez Sr., a former secretary general of the World Medical Association, and Covadonga del Gallego, a former chairman of the Pathology Department of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. Among his siblings are footballer Johnny Romualdez and Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez. He was a scion of the prominent Romualdez political clan of Manila and Leyte. His uncle Daniel Jr. was House Speaker from 1956 to 1962 while his grandfather Miguel served as Manila mayor during the American colonial period and Leyte assemblyman during the Commonwealth era. A greatuncle, Norberto Sr., served as justice of the Supreme Court. The late secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Romualdez
Juan Miguel "Johnny" del Gallego Romualdez was a former Philippine international footballer and former President of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). Early life and education Johnny Romualdez was born to a family of doctors and was the second eldest child among his six other siblings. His father was Alberto Zialcita Romualdez (1913-1986), former Secretary General of the World Medical Association (1965-1973) and whose brother was Daniel Z. Romualdez, the 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1958-1962). His mother was Covadonga Ubante del Gallego (1915-2004), a former chairman of the Pathology Department of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. His siblings include former Secretary of Health Alberto Romualdez and Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez. Romualdez attended Ateneo where he attained his Master of Business Administration. He started playing football at age 11. He studied at the institution from Grade 1. He had to repeat one whole school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norberto Romuáldez
Norberto Romuáldez y López (June 6, 1875 – November 4, 1941), often referred to as Norberto Romuáldez Sr. to distinguish him from his son with the same name, was a Philippine writer, politician, jurist, and statesman. He was the first Lopez-Romuáldez to attain national prominence, and is deemed the "Father of the Law on the National Language". He was the eldest son of Doña Trinidad Lopez-Romualdez, the Romualdez grand matriarch, and uncle of First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the daughter of his youngest brother Vicente Orestes Lopez Romualdez. Biography Born to the prominent Lopez clan of Leyte (originally from Granada in the Andalusian region of Spain), he is the grandson of Spanish friar and silversmith Don Francisco Lopez. Romuáldez grew up in Leyte, where the Lopez family owned vast coconut and abacá plantations, and first achieved status as a writer in the Waray-Waray language. His first Waray ''zarzuela'' was ''An Pagtabang ni San Miguel'' (Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senator from 2010 to 2016. He is the second child and only son of tenth president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. In 1980, Marcos became Vice Governor of Ilocos Norte, running unopposed with the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan party of his father, who was ruling the Philippines under martial law at the time. He then became Governor of Ilocos Norte in 1983, holding that office until his family was ousted from power by the People Power Revolution and fled into exile in Hawaii in February 1986. After the death of his father in 1989, President Corazon Aquino eventually allowed his family to return to the Philippines to face various charges. Marcos and his mother, Imelda, are currently facing arrest in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Romualdez
Daisy Romualdez (born Margarita Romualdez) is Filipino actress. She is sister of Blanca Gomez and are both of Spanish blood. She is married to well known former basketball player Manny Paner Manuel Paner (born May 17, 1949), better known as Manny Paner, is a Filipino retired professional basketball player. Player profile Paner was born in Cebu City, Philippines. During his prime, he was known for his strong rebounding, defense an .... She has two adopted daughters, Danita Paner, now a rock diva, and Kristina Paner. Filmography Movies *Shake Rattle & Roll 2 (1990) Dra. Kalbaryo (segment "Kulam") *Katawang alabok (1979) *Anak ng aswang (1973) *The Blackbelter (1968) *Karate Fighters (1968) *Ngayon lamang ako dumalangin (1968) *Hinango kita sa lusak (1967) *Show of Shows (1964) *Si Darna at ang babaeng impakta (1963) *Kaming mga talyada (1962) *Sa bawat punglo (1962) *Salamat po doktor (1960) *Pakiusap (1959) *Silveria (1958) *Tatlong ilaw sa dambana (1958) *Ulilang an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imee Romualdez Marcos
Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios "Imee" Romualdez Marcos (; born November 12, 1955) is a Filipina politician and former actress serving as a Senator since 2019. She is the daughter of Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos and the older sister of the current president, Bongbong Marcos. She previously served as governor of Ilocos Norte from 2010 to 2019 and as representative of Ilocos Norte's 2nd district from 1998 to 2007. Imee Marcos's political career began during her father's martial law regime. She became a member of the Batasang Pambansa and Chairperson of the Kabataang Barangay (KB). It was during her KB term that activist Archimedes Trajano was abducted, tortured, and murdered shortly after publicly questioning her appointment to the office. She turned 18—the age of majority in the Philippines—just fourteen months after her father's declaration of Martial Law, and was already 30 years old by the time her family were ousted from power in the 1986 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Z
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. It has been particularly well-used in Ireland. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
