Angelo Jimenez
{{Short description|Filipino lawyer}}
{{Philippine name|Azura|Jimenez}}
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| office = 22nd President of the University of the Philippines
| predecessor = Danilo Concepcion
| term_start = February 10, 2023
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| children = Aaron Atticus V. Jimenez {{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/content/110039/three-point-program-for-owwa/story/|website=gmanetwork.com|title=Three-point program for OWWA|access-date=2023-12-08}}
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| education = University of the Philippines Diliman (BA, LLB)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (MPM)
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Angelo Azura Jimenez is a Filipino lawyer who is currently serving as the 22nd president of the University of the Philippines.{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/angelo-jimenez-university-philippines-president/|website=rappler.com|title=Who is Angelo Jimenez, the new UP president?|access-date=2022-12-09}}{{cite web|url=https://up.edu.ph/former-up-regent-angelo-jimenez-to-succeed-concepcion-as-the-next-up-president/|title=Former UP Regent Angelo Jimenez to succeed Concepcion as the next UP President – University of the Philippines|website=up.edu.ph|access-date=2022-12-09}}
Education
Jimenez earned his sociology and law degrees from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He passed the Bar examination in 1994.
He later became a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He received his master's degree in public management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Career
=Law=
Jimenez is an Of counsel with the Jaromay Laurente and Associates and a consultant of a House member.{{cite news |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Who is UP's new president, former regent Atty. Angelo Jimenez? |url=https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/785596-up-new-president-angelo-jimenez |work=The Philippine Star |access-date=December 26, 2022}}
=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).{{cite news |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Ex-regent Angelo Jimenez named new UP president |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/854004/ex-regent-angelo-jimenez-named-new-up-president/story/ |work=GMA News |access-date=December 12, 2022}}{{cite news |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Angelo Jimenez is 22nd UP president |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/09/22/angelo-jimenez-is-new-up-president |work=ABS-CBN News |access-date=December 12, 2022}} He was a lecturer at the UP Law Center Institute of the Administration of Justice (2016–2021).
=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, as well as in the Department of Labor and Employment. He also served as labor attaché in Japan.
He received two presidential citations for his efforts to protect Overseas Filipino Workers in Middle East.
=Media=
Jimenez is an opinion writer on ABS-CBN News website.
=UP president=
In December 2022, Jimenez was elected by the UP Board of Regents as the 22nd university president over five other nominees.{{cite news |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Angelo Jimenez appointed new UP president |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1190433 |work=Philippine News Agency |access-date=December 10, 2022}} His term began on February 10, 2023.{{cite news |date=February 10, 2023 |title=Angelo Jimenez begins 6-year term as UP president |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/10/23/new-up-president-angelo-jimenez-starts-term |work=ABS-CBN News |access-date=February 12, 2023}}{{cite news |title=Jimenez officially takes the helm as 22nd UP president |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/10/jimenez-officially-takes-the-helm-as-22nd-up-president/ |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=February 10, 2023}}
On May 14, 2024, Jimenez proclaimed University of the Philippines's new logo and “Honor, Excellence, Service” motto.{{cite news |last1=Acebuche |first1= Yoniel|title=UP president Angelo Jimenez unveils university's new motto: 'Honor. Excellence. Service'|url=https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/306944-up-president-angelo-jimenez-new-motto|accessdate=May 15, 2024 |publisher= The Philippine Star|date=May 14, 2024}}
References
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{{s-bef|before= Danilo Concepcion}}
{{s-ttl|title=President of the University of the Philippines|years=2023–present}}
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{{s-bef|before=Fernanda Lampas-Peralta|as=Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals}}
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{{s-aft|after=Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., AFP|as=Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines}}
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Angelo A. Jimenez}}
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Category:20th-century Filipino lawyers
Category:Academic staff of the University of the Philippines
Category:University of the Philippines Diliman alumni