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SANTIAGO, Miriam Palma Defensor

 

Party: Lakas-CMD

 

Date of Birth: June 15, 1945

Place of Birth: La Paz, Iloilo

 

ADDRESS

Provincial: no data

Metro Manila: 6 Bagobo St. La Vista, Quezon City

 

Civil Status: married

Spouse: Narciso Yap Santiago Jr.

Position: Company president, Narsan Group of Companies

Office: West Triangle, Quezon City

 

 

Educational Attainment

 

ELEMENTARY

Level

School

Year Graduated

Elementary education, graduated valedictorian

La Paz Elementary School

1957

 

HIGH SCHOOL

Level

School

Year Graduated

Secondary education, graduated valedictorian

Iloilo National High School

1961

 

COLLEGE

Degree

School

Year Graduated

Bachelor of Arts, graduated magna cum laude

University of the Philippines

1965

Bachelor of Laws, graduated cum laude

University of the Philippines

1969

 

HIGHER STUDIES

Degree

School

Year Graduated

Master of Arts in Religious Science

Maryhill School of Theology, Quezon City

Undergraduate

Master of Laws

University of Michigan, USA

1975

Doctor of the Science of Law

University of Michigan, USA

1976

 

 

Career History

Position

Office

Years

Senator

Philippine Senate

1995-2001; 2004-present

Senior partner

Miriam Defensor Santiago Law Office

1992-present

Founder and chairperson

Movement for Responsible Public Service

1990-present

Opinion columnist

Today

1994

Member, board of directors

Public Estates Authority

1988-1991

Secretary

Department of Agrarian Reform

1989

Member, board of directors

Land Bank of the Philippines

1989

Commissioner

Commission of Immigration and Deportation

1988-1989

Member, board of directors

Philippine Retirement Authority

1988-1989

Member, board of directors

Ninoy Aquino International Airport Authority

1988-1989

Presiding judge

Regional Trial Court, Branch 106, Quezon City

1983-1987

Legal consultant

University of the Philippines Law Center

1981-1983

Legal consultant

Philippine Embassy, Washington DC, USA

1982

Legal officer

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland, USA

1979-1980

Lecturer

College of Law, University of the Philippines

1976-1988

Member

Board of Censors for Motion Pictures

1977-1979

Columnist

Philippine Panorama

1976-1978; 1985-1988

Columnist

Philippine Daily Express

1972-1975

Professor

Trinity College of Quezon City

1971-1974

Special assistant to the secretary

Department of Justice

1970-1980

 

 

Affiliations

Organization

Position

Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society

Member

Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society

Member

Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Member

UP Law Alumni Association

Member

UP Women Lawyer’s Circle

Member

Philippine Society of International Law

Member

Fellows of the Asia Foundation

Member

California Judicial College Alumni Association

Member

Association of TOWNS Awardees

Member

Alumni Association of the Academy of American International Law

Member

Zonta International of Makati

Honorary Member

Manila Lakambini Lions Club

Honorary Member

Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association

Honorary Member