Fortunato de la Peña
| Fortunato de la Peña | |
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| Secretary of Science and Technology | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Mario Montejo |
| Undersecretary for Science and Technology Services of the Department of Science and Technology | |
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In office June 30, 2010 – 2014 |
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| President | Benigno Aquino III |
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In office 2001 – June 30, 2010 |
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| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Personal details | |
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Fortunato Tanseco de la Peña November 12, 1949 Bulacan, Bulacan, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Spouse(s) | Mariquit Tablan Banzon |
| Alma mater |
University of the Philippines Diliman New York University Bouwcentrum International Education |
| Profession | Engineer, professor, civil servant |
Fortunato "Boy" Tanseco de la Peña (born November 12, 1949) is a Filipino engineer, professor and civil servant. He is the Secretary of Science and Technology at the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under the current administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Before he assumed leadership of the Department, he served as President of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology (PhilAAST) since 2011 and had been Undersecretary of the DOST under two previous administrations. He is also a former Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development.
De la Peña was born in the municipality of Bulacan, Bulacan on November 12, 1949. He is the youngest of three children of Emilio Banzon de la Peña and Luz Fajardo Tanseco. He attended the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1969. He also earned his MS degree in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the same university in 1976. He received a diploma in Industrial Quality Control from Bouwcentrum International Education in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1975 and pursued further studies in Operations Research at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn, U.S. in 1982.
De la Peña is a Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) Rank I, the highest level in the career service of the Civil Service Commission of the Philippines. He has served in the Department of Science and Technology for more than 30 years. He has also served in various positions at his alma mater UP Diliman and also worked as Operations Engineer with ESSO Philippines.
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