Edgardo Angara
Edgardo Javier Angara (* September 24, 1934 in Baler, Aurora) is a Filipino politician.
Biography
Ascent to the Senate President
His political career began in 1971 when he became the youngest delegates to the Constitutional Convention ( Constitutional Convention ). In 1972 he founded the law firm ACCRA, which became one of the most respected law firms in the country.
Between 1981 and 1987 he was president of the University of the Philippines and thereby gained to national prominence, in which he again made the state university for the first academic center of the country.
In June 1987, he was first elected to the Senate and was one of this until June 1998. During this time he was from January 1993 to August 1995 President of the Senate. Subsequently, he was between 1995 and 1996 Minority Leader ( Minority Leader ) and thus opposition spokesman.
By decided on his own initiative, Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act ( AFMA ) benefited farmers and fishermen of improved seeds and planting material, improved irrigation, better financing and access to markets.
In addition, he was from 1992 to 2004 chairman of the opposition party Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP ).
After retiring from the Senate, he was between 1998 and 1999 Chairman of the Philippine National Bank, and built them into a large bank on the domestic financial market.
Ministers and renewed membership in the Senate
In May 1999, he was appointed by President Joseph Estrada Minister of Agriculture and was during his term of office lasting until January 2001 to implement the AFMA initiated by him. He also promoted the improvement of programs for food production and support, which led to larger rice harvests and thus developed to improve the self-sufficiency. Overall, there was since 2000 an increase in the growth rate in the agricultural sector by 3 percent, while it previously was a growth of 1.2 percent in the two decades.
Between 6 January and 20 January 2001 he was for a short time Executive Secretary in the Cabinet Estrada and thus took after the president and vice-president Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo is the most important Cabinet Office a. After the dismissal of President Estrada during the EDSA II Revolution and the inauguration of President Macapagal- Arroyo on January 20, 2001, he retired after the peaceful transfer of governmental power from the government.
Since June 30, 2001 Edgardo Angara is again a member of the Senate. As such, he campaigned for various legislative initiatives, such as the Free High School Act, through which the secondary education for poorer students was possible or the Senior Citizens Act, the elderly brought substantial discounts for the purchase of drugs or in public transport and after him also Angara Law was called. Other laws ideas included the National Health Insurance Act ( PHIL HEALTH ) which provided the insurance coverage for every citizen and the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education ( GASTPE ), the largest education program in private schools in the Philippines.
As Chairman of the Education Committee of the Congress he supported legislative initiatives that led to the establishment of the Commission for Higher Education ( Commission on Higher Education ) and the Agency for Technical Education and knowledge development ( Technical Education and Skill Development Authority ), whereby the Department of Education ( Department of Education ) could focus more on primary education again.
He also was significant author of the Magna Carta for Public Health Workers and the laws on the establishment of the new National Museum and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Since 2005 he has also been chairman of the LDP again, and he was also elected President of the Southeast Asia Parliamentarians Against Corruption for the Philippines in 2005. As such, he brought the legislative initiative for a Procurement Reform Act, the most comprehensive anti-corruption law in the history of the Philippines and was also the "father" of the law for the establishment of an ombudsman.
In the current Senate of the 15th Congress, he is the Chairman of the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture and Science and Technology.