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| The Honorable
LEONARDO Q. MONTEMAYOR |
| Secretary |
| Department of
Agriculture |
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Newly appointed Agriculture
Secretary Leonardo Q. Montemayor comes from a landed family in Pangasinan, but was born in
Manila on 9 October 1949.
He finished his elementary and secondary education at the Ateneo de
Manila where he graduated valedictorian. He then pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree major
in Philosophy at the same university and graduated summa cum laude. In addition, he
finished a Strategic Business Education Program at the Center for Research and
Communication.
Despite his affluent upbringing, the Jesuit values have been strongly
instilled in him so that he spent most of his time working with the farmers.
As a Party-List Representative, Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga Magsasaka,
Manggagawang-Bukid at Mangingisda, he has been an active member in the House Committees on
Agrarian Reform, Cooperative Development, Economic Affairs, Food Security, Higher and
Technical Education, Housing and urban Development, Labor and Employment and many others.
He was also the Vice President and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture in
Developing Countries, International Federation of Agricultural Producers as well as
Secretary General of the Federation of Free Farmers.
Sec. Montemayor also co-authored major laws and has written extensively
on issues about the empowerment of coconut farmers, agrarian reforms, Filipino grains
farmers and other important political issues that is confronting the Filipino farmers
today.
Sec. Montemayor is married to the former Monica Oppus Manding. |
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