Danilo L. Concepcion
| Danilo Concepcion | |
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| 21st President of the University of the Philippines | |
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Assumed office February 10, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Alfredo Pascual |
| 14th Dean of the UP College of Law | |
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In office June 3, 2011 – February 10, 2017 |
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| Associate Dean of the UP College of Law and Head of UP Law Center | |
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In office 2002–2006 |
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| President of De La Salle Araneta University | |
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In office 2000–2002 |
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| Associate Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission | |
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In office 1996–2000 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Danilo Lardizabal Concepcion February 10, 1958 Manila, Philippines |
| Spouse(s) | Gaby Roldan |
| Residence | Pasig |
| Alma mater |
De La Salle Araneta University (B.Sc., 1979) UP College of Law (LL.B., 1983) Queen Mary University of London (LL.M., 1986) |
| Occupation | University administrator, educator, lawyer, radio and TV personality |
Danilo Lardizabal "Danicon" Concepcion (born February 7, 1958) is the elected 21st President of the University of the Philippines. He is currently the Dean and a professor of Law at the UP College of Law and the Executive Director of the UP Bonifacio Global City Campus.
Concepcion graduated valedictorian from the Bancal Elementary School in Meycauayan, Bulacan in 1970. In 1974, he graduated as the high school valedictorian in De La Salle Araneta University in Malabon, where he also received the Most Outstanding Campus Journalist, Gerry Roxas Leadership Gold Medal, and Gold Eagle Award for Community Development.
He then took up B.S. Agricultural Engineering in the same university and graduated summa cum laude in 1979. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1983 graduating cum laude. He passed the bar examination on the same year where he is one of the topnotcher. He finished his Master of Laws in Queen Mary University of London in 1986 as a Chevening Scholar of the United Kingdom government.
He attended a Summer Course in International Law of the Sea in Oxford University in England in 1986 and a Finance for Senior Executives course in Asian Institute of Management in 2000.
Concepcion started as faculty of Siena College in 1985. He served as Bar reviewer in Corporation and Civil Law at the UP Law Center Bar Review School and bar reviewer in Civil Law at the San Sebastian College School of Law and Adamson University College of Law. After serving as President of De La Salle Araneta University, he returned to UP in 2002 to become Associate Dean of the UP College of Law, Head of the UP Law Center and Director of the Institute of Judicial Administration until May 2006. He was appointed as Vice-President for Legal Affairs of the University of the Philippines in February 2011 and was elected as the 14th Dean of the UP College of Law on June 3, 2011.
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