*** Welcome to piglix ***

Armin Luistro

Br.
Armin Luistro
FSC
Armin Luistro 2016.jpg
Luistro in 2016
Secretary of the Philippine Department of Education
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
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
Preceded by Carmelita Quebengco
Succeeded by Narciso S. Erguiza
2nd Chancellor of De La Salle University
In office
May 2006 – June 30, 2010
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
Succeeded by Ricardo P. Laguda
2nd President of De La Salle University System
In office
April 2004 – May 2006
Preceded by Andrew Gonzalez
7th Provincial of De La Salle Brothers Philippine District
In office
April 1997 – 2003
Preceded by Raymundo Suplido
Succeeded by Edmundo Fernandez
Personal details
Born Armin Altamirano Luistro
(1961-12-24) December 24, 1961 (age 55)
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.


...
Wikipedia

...