Manuel G. Collantes (August 20, 1917 – May 28, 2009) was a Filipino

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who served as the country's acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1984. Collantes was raised in Tanauan,

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. He received his

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from

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in 1940, and passed the bar exam later that same year. He began his career by working as an assistant attorney at the Claro M. Recto

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for a short period. He also taught

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and

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, as well as parliamentary practice at Far Eastern University. He met his wife, Consuelo Madrigal, in Washington, D.C. in 1949 while Collantes was working as the second secretary and

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at the Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C. The couple married during the 1970s. Former

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Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal is Collantes' niece. Collantes held a variety of positions with the Department of Foreign Affairs during his career as a

. These included Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and legal assistant secretary. He is the father of Noli Collantes, a ranking member of the

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’ Central Committee. When Noli was captured in 1972 he pointed his former comrades as the perpetrators of

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a year prior. Collantes used his influence to save his son from jail and made him promise Marcos that he will leave the rebel movement. Noli resumed his studies at the University of Santo Tomas and, shortly after, he was assassinated by the NPA in January 1973 near the campus gates to silence him.³ Collantes was appointed acting Minister for Foreign Affairs for a short period in 1984 during the government of

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. In 1984, he was elected as an assemblyman for

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. He also served as the director of United Pulp and Paper Company, Inc. until his death in 2009. Manuel Collantes died of cardiopulmonary arrest on May 28, 2009, at the age of 91. His body was laid in state at their family home in Forbes Park,

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. He was buried at the Madrigal Mausoleum in

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, following a funeral mass.

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3. Scalice, Joseph Paul,
Crisis of Revolutionary Leadership
' (2017), pg. 365, ''see also'', footnote 5 2009 deaths Secretaries of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Filipino diplomats People from Tanauan, Batangas Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Batangas Far Eastern University alumni Recipients of Gawad Mabini 1917 births Ferdinand Marcos administration cabinet members Members of the Batasang Pambansa {{Philippines-politician-stub

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