Edilberto De Jesus
Encyclopedia
Edilberto C. de Jesus, is currently the President of the Asian Institute of Management
in Makati City, Philippines. On September 16, 2002, he was appointed by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
as Secretary of Education
to replace Sec. Raul Roco
, who earlier resigned the cabinet post.
Asian Institute of Management
The Asian Institute of Management, or simply AIM, is a graduate school of business and a center of business and management research. It is one of the few business schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with the AACSB. It was established in partnership with Harvard Business School and uses...
in Makati City, Philippines. On September 16, 2002, he was appointed by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
as Secretary of Education
Department of Education (Philippines)
The Department of Education , is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the management and governing of the Philippine system of basic education. It is the chief formulator of Philippine educational policy and is responsible for the Philippine primary and secondary...
to replace Sec. Raul Roco
Raul Roco
Raul Sagarbarria Roco was a political figure in the Philippines. He was the standard-bearer of Aksyon Demokratiko, which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bids in 1998 and 2004. He was a former senator and the Secretary of the Department of Education under the presidency of...
, who earlier resigned the cabinet post.
Education
- A.B., Ateneo de Manila UniversityAteneo de Manila UniversityThe Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
- M.Phil., Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
- Ph.D., Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
- Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, Ateneo de Manila UniversityAteneo de Manila UniversityThe Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
- Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, Xavier University
- Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, Far Eastern UniversityFar Eastern UniversityFar Eastern University in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of...
Previous positions
- President, University of the Cordilleras, Baguio City, 2008
- Secretariat Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, 2005-2007
- Far Eastern UniversityFar Eastern UniversityFar Eastern University in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of...
, Manila, 1995-2002 - Associate Dean and Chairman, AIM Policy Forum, Asian Institute of Management, 1994-1995
- Associate Dean, Enterprise Project Research, Asian Institute of Management, 1992-1993
- Presidential Adviser on Rural Development, Office of the President, 1988-1992
- Deputy Commissioner, Presidential Office of the Peace Commission, 1987-1992
- Chair, Rural Development Management Program, Asian Institute of Management, 1986-1987
- Faculty, Rural Development Management Program, Asian Institute of Management, 1980-1986
Select affiliations
- Trustee, Ateneo de Manila UniversityAteneo de Manila UniversityThe Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
, 1991-2002 - Director, Centro Escolar UniversityCentro Escolar UniversityCentro Escolar University is a private university in the Philippines. It was founded on June 3, 1907 by two women, Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna, and was originally called Centro Escolar de Señoritas. It became a university in 1933...
, 2006-2008 - Columnist, Manila Bulletin, 2006-2009
- Director, Manila Hotel, 2004-2006
- Chairman, Institute of Environmental Sciences for Social Change, 2000-2002
- President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities, 2002
- Trustee, Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations, 1996-2002
- Trustee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
- Trustee, National Museum