Soledad Roa-Duterte (born Soledad Gonzales Roa; November 14, 1916 – February 4, 2012) was a
Filipina
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teacher and activist. She was the mother of Philippine president
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
.
Early life
Duterte was born as Soledad Gonzales Roa on November 14, 1916, in
Cabadbaran
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, Agusan (present-day
Agusan del Norte
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) to Eleno Roa, a member of the
Maranao tribe, and Fortunata Gonzales. Aside from being of Maranao descent, she is also of
Kamayo
Kamayo (Kinamayo or alternatively spelled Camayo), also called Kadi, Kinadi, or Mandaya, is a minor Austronesian language of the central eastern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Distribution
Spoken in some areas of Surigao del Sur (the cit ...
descent. The Roas trace their roots to
Leyte
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Since the accessibility of land has be ...
. Duterte accomplished her elementary and high school studies in Cabadbaran and entered the
Philippine Normal School
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in Manila for her collegiate studies. She then entered the Bureau of Public Schools as a teacher.
Career
Duterte or ''Nanay Soling'' () as called by her supporters, led the Yellow Friday Movement, a movement against the administration of then-President
Ferdinand Marcos
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in Mindanao leading to the
People Power Revolution
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. She also founded and oversaw the Soledad Duterte Foundation which conducted livelihood and skills training to the indigenous people of Marahan, near the boundary area of
Bukidnon
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province.
Duterte was also once a teacher at the
University of the Visayas
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History
Vicente Gullas (1898–1970) founded the University of the Vis ...
in the
Danao Campus. She was also president and chairperson of the Welfare Action Foundation.
Death
She died at the
Davao Doctors Hospital
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on February 4, 2012, at the age of 95.
Personal life
Duterte was married to
Vicente Duterte
Vicente Gonzales Duterte (; November 23, 1911 – February 21, 1968), also known by his nicknames Nene and Teti, was a Filipino politician and lawyer. He became Governor of the then-unified province of Davao, succeeding Alejandro Almendras who wa ...
, a lawyer from Cebu whom she first met during her stay at the Bureau of Public Schools. They settled in the Davao region in 1950. Vicente Duterte also served as governor of the now defunct
Davao province. Vicente died in February 1968. She is the mother of
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
, the 16th
President of the Philippines
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, and the paternal grandmother of
Paolo (
Representative
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),
Sara
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Arts, media and entertainment Film and television
* ''Sara'' (1992 film), 1992 Iranian film by Dariush Merhjui
* ''Sara'' (1997 film), 1997 Polish film starring Bogusław Linda
* ''Sara'' (2010 film), 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhal ...
(
Vice President
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) and
Baste Duterte (
Mayor of Davao). Duterte's other children are Eleanor Duterte; Benjamin "Bong" Duterte, a one-term city councilor of Davao between 1992 and 1995; Jocellyn Duterte, who lost in several attempts to grab a Third District city council seat as well as for the mayor post in 2001; and Emmanuel "Don/Blue Boy" Duterte who ran and lost in the First District congressional race in 1998.
References
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1916 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Filipino educators
21st-century Filipino educators
Soledad Duterte
Soledad Roa-Duterte (born Soledad Gonzales Roa; November 14, 1916 – February 4, 2012) was a Filipina teacher and activist. She was the mother of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte.
Early life
Duterte was born as Soledad Gonzales Roa on Nove ...
Filipino activists
Filipino schoolteachers
People from Agusan del Norte
People from Davao City
People from Southern Leyte
Philippine Normal University alumni