Libran N. Cabactulan | |
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18th Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations | |
Assumed office April 29, 2010 |
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Preceded by | Hilario Davide, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sagay, Camiguin, Philippines |
February 20, 1950
Alma mater | University of the Philippines, Diliman |
Libran N. Cabactulan (born February 20, 1950) is a Filipino career diplomat, currently serving as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations, replacing former Ambassador and retired Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. since 2010.
Prior to his appointment, he served as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Before that, he was the Philippine Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. Libran Cabactulan also served at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland; and twice at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York, United States. He had also been assigned in the Philippine Embassy in Brussels, Belgium and the Philippine Consulate in Sydney, Australia.
In Manila, Libran Cabactulan served as the Executive Director of two department offices under the Department of Foreign Affairs. These are: (1) the Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations; and (2) the Office of Consular Affairs. He was also the Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.