Leticia Ramos-Shahani | |
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Senator of the Philippines | |
In office June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998 |
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16th Senate President pro tempore of the Philippines | |
In office July 6, 1993 – October 10, 1996 |
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President | Fidel Ramos |
Preceded by | Teofisto Guingona, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Blas Ople |
Personal details | |
Born |
Leticia Valdez Ramos September 30, 1929 Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands |
Died | March 20, 2017 Taguig, Philippines |
(aged 87)
Cause of death | Pneumonia And Cardiac Arrest |
Resting place | Manila Memorial Park, Sucat, Parañaque City |
Nationality | Filipino |
Political party | Lakas Kampi CMD |
Spouse(s) | Ranjee Shahani |
Children | Lila Ranjit Chanda |
Relatives | Fidel Ramos (brother) |
Residence | Asingan, Pangasinan |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Professor |
Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani (September 30, 1929 – March 20, 2017) was a Filipino Senator and writer.
She was the younger sister of Fidel V. Ramos, the 12th President of the Philippines.
She was born on September 30, 1929 in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Her father, Narciso Ramos (1900–1986), was a lawyer, crusading journalist and five-term legislator at the House of Representatives, who eventually became Secretary of Foreign Affairs. As such, Narciso Ramos was the Philippine signatory to the ASEAN declaration forged in Bangkok in 1967 and was one of the founder of the Liberal Party. He was of the Ramos clan that has roots in Asingan, Pangasinan.
Her mother, Ángela Valdez-Ramos (1905–1977), was an educator, suffragette and daughter of the prominent Valdez clan of Batac, Ilocos Norte, making her a second degree cousin of Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th President of the Philippines.
Ramos-Shahani finished her elementary and secondary level education at the University of the Philippines. She finished her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Wellesley College in Massachusetts and her master's degree in Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature at the University of Paris (Sorbonne) after defending her doctoral thesis with highest honors.