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Leticia Ramos Shahani

Leticia Ramos-Shahani
Senator of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998
16th Senate President pro tempore of the Philippines
In office
July 6, 1993 – October 10, 1996
President Fidel Ramos
Preceded by Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
Succeeded by Blas Ople
Personal details
Born Leticia Valdez Ramos
(1929-09-30)September 30, 1929
Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
Died March 20, 2017(2017-03-20) (aged 87)
Taguig, Philippines
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.


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