Br. Armin Luistro FSC |
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Luistro in 2016
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Secretary of the Philippine Department of Education | |
In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016 |
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President | Benigno Aquino III |
Preceded by | Mona Valisno |
Succeeded by | Leonor Briones |
20th President of De La Salle University | |
In office May 2006 – June 30, 2010 |
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Preceded by | Carmelita Quebengco |
Succeeded by | Narciso S. Erguiza |
2nd Chancellor of De La Salle University | |
In office May 2006 – June 30, 2010 |
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Preceded by | Carmelita Quebengco |
Succeeded by | Ricardo P. Laguda |
1st President and CEO of De La Salle Philippines | |
In office November 29, 2005 – May 2009 |
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Succeeded by | Ricardo P. Laguda |
2nd President of De La Salle University System | |
In office April 2004 – May 2006 |
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Preceded by | Andrew Gonzalez |
7th Provincial of De La Salle Brothers Philippine District | |
In office April 1997 – 2003 |
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Preceded by | Raymundo Suplido |
Succeeded by | Edmundo Fernandez |
Personal details | |
Born |
Armin Altamirano Luistro December 24, 1961 Lipa, Batangas, Philippines |
Nationality | Filipino |
Alma mater |
Ateneo de Manila University De La Salle University |
Profession | Academic |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Brother Armin Luistro, FSC born December 24, 1961 in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines) is a Filipino Lasallian Brother who served as secretary of the Department of Education of the Philippines under President Benigno Aquino III. Luistro entered De La Salle Scholasticate (the center for academic training of De La Salle Brothers) in Manila on April 1979 while he was studying in De La Salle University (DLSU). He received the religious habit of the congregation on October 1981 at the La Salle Novitiate in Lipa. He professed his first religious vows on October 1982, and his final vows on May 1988.
He started teaching as a religion teacher at De La Salle Lipa in 1983. He was made provincial of the De La Salle Brothers Philippine District on April 1997, a post he held until 2003. On August 26, 2000, Luistro co-founded the De La Salle Catholic University of Manado, currently known as De La Salle University, in Indonesia with Josef Suwatan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Manado.
On April 2004, he succeeded Andrew Gonzalez as the president of De La Salle University System, consequently making him the president of eight De La Salle institutions. He worked into establishing De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) which replaced the system. The DLSP National Mission Council appointed him DLSP President and Chief Executive Officer on November 29, 2005.