Ambeth Ocampo
| Ambeth R. Ocampo | |
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Ocampo in 2008
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| Chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines | |
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In office April 2002 – 7 April 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts | |
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In office 2005–2007 |
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| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
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| Born |
August 13, 1961 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Education | Ateneo de Manila University |
| Alma mater | Ateneo de Manila University De La Salle University |
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Public Historian Cultural administrator Journalist Author |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Ambeth R. Ocampo OL OAL OCM (born August 13, 1961) is a Filipino historian, academic, journalist, cultural administrator and author best known for his writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal and for Looking Back, his bi-weekly editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He has served as the Chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (2002-2011) and concurrently Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in (2005-2007).
Ocampo was educated in the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University from primary, secondary and tertiary levels. He subsequently attained his undergraduate and masteral degrees in Philippine Studies from the De La Salle University in 1989 and 1991. He took graduate courses in the University of the Philippines Diliman and later read for a doctorate degree in Southeast Asian History at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
He abandoned his London postgraduate studies in 1993, when he entered the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat, Manila taking the monastic name Dom. Ignacio Maria, OSB. His chose not to renew his monastic vows when these expired in 1997 but still Ocampo contemplates a possible return in the future.
In 2008, Ocampo was conferred from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, a honorary doctorate in Public Administration in recognition of his work in cultural administration and his contributions to Philippine history.
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