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Florencio Abad

Florencio Abad
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Secretary of the Philippine Department of Budget and Management
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
President Benigno Aquino III
Preceded by Rolando Andaya, Jr.
Succeeded by Benjamin Diokno
Secretary of the Philippine Department of Education
In office
July 2004 – July 2005
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Preceded by Edilberto de Jesus
Succeeded by Ramon Bacani
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
In office
June 30, 1995 – June 30, 2004
Preceded by Enrique C. Lizardo
Succeeded by Henedina Razon-Abad
Constituency Lone District of Batanes
In office
June 30, 1987 – December 12, 1989
Preceded by Fernando C. Faberes
Succeeded by Enrique C. Lizardo
Constituency Lone District of Batanes
9th Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform
In office
December 12, 1989 – April 5, 1990
President Corazon Aquino
Preceded by Miriam Defensor Santiago
Succeeded by Benjamin T. Leong
Personal details
Born (1954-07-13) July 13, 1954 (age 62)
Sampaloc, Manila
Nationality Filipino
Political party Liberal Party
Spouse(s) Henedina Razon
Relations Pacita Abad (Sister)
Children Julia Andrea Abad
Pio Emmanuel Abad
Luis Andres Abad
Cecilia Paz Abad
Alma mater Harvard University
Ateneo Law School
Ateneo de Manila University
Occupation Lawyer, public servant
Profession Law
Religion Roman Catholic

Florencio Barsana Abad (born July 13, 1954) is a Filipino lawyer and politician. Having held many cabinet-level ranks in the past, he was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Budget and Management. Abad held various cabinet-level positions in the past, particularly as Secretary of the Department of Education and Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

Abad was born on July 13, 1954 in Sampaloc, Manila to a political family based in Batanes province. His parents were the late Jorge Abad, five-time Liberal Congressman and Secretary of the Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications during the administration of the late President Diosdado Macapagal, and Aurora Abad, former governor and congresswoman of Batanes..

He spent his elementary years at Lourdes School Quezon City. He finished his High School and Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Bachelor of Laws at the Ateneo de Manila University. He passed the Bar Examination in 1985. He completed his studies with Masters in Public Administration at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a student of the Edward Mason Program in Public Policy and Management.

Abad had been a trade unionist of the Federation of Free Workers and Ateneo Workers College from 1976 to 1979 and was research director of Ateneo Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs. When the Congress of the Philippines was restored in 1987, Abad launched his successful congressional bid to represent the Lone District of Batanes where he became a staunch advocate of agrarian reform in the national legislature. He held the position until his appointment to his brief stint as Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform and ran again for Congress in 1995, completing his third and final term in 2004.


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