Dulce Saguisag
| Dulce Saguisag | |
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| Secretary of Social Welfare and Development | |
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In office October 12, 2000 – January 19, 2001 |
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| President | Joseph Estrada |
| Preceded by | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Succeeded by | Corazon Soliman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1943 |
| Died | November 8, 2007 (aged 64) |
| Spouse(s) | Rene Saguisag |
Dulce Quintans-Saguisag (September 5, 1943 – November 8, 2007) was a Filipino politician and former Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development under the administration of former President Joseph Estrada. Saguisag was one of Estrada's eleven cabinet members who withdrew support for Estrada on January 19, 2001, following accusations of massive corruption by the president. Estrada was ousted from office the next day, which is now known in the Philippines as EDSA II.
She also served as the secretary-general of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines. Saguisag was the wife of a former Filipino Senator Rene Saguisag, who was in office from 1987 - 1992.
Dulce Saguisag was born Dulce Maramba Quintans on September 5, 1943. She received a bachelor's degree in social work from the University of the Philippines and placed third in the country in the 1964 National Board Examination for Social Workers.
She initially began her career as in 1964 at the Social Welfare Administration, which is now called the Department of Social Welfare and Development. She held a position of senior social worker at the SWA until 1965, when she became a supervising social worker and community center director.
Saguisag left the Philippines for the United States in 1967 after winning a grant by the US State Department to observe social work in the country. She was also recruited by the John F. Kennedy War on Poverty program while in the United States.
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