Francisco Duque
Francisco T. Duque III ( born February 13, 1957 in Manila ) is a Filipino politician.
Biography
After school he studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas and graduated in 1982 with a Doctor of Medicine ( MD ) from. He later completed a postgraduate study of pathology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and finished this in 1987 with a Master of Science ( M.Sc. in Pathology ).
After his return to the Philippines in 1988, he was appointed Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pathology of the Lyceum Northwestern University LNU, where he worked as a university teacher until 1995. At the same time he was between 1989 and 1995 Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
In addition, he was from 1989 to 1999 director of the University of Pangasinan as well as between 1990 and 1995 President of the Pangasinan Medical Center Inc. and 1990-1997 President of the College of Emergency Medicine and Care ( Philippine College of Emergency Medicine and Acute Care ) of the prestigious Makati Medical Center. Between 1991 and 1998 he was also Executive Director of the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan City and at the same time from 1991 to 2000 Chairman and Executive Vice President of the LNU. In addition, Duque was Medical Director of Doctor 's Pharmaceutical Inc. From 1996 to 1999. Afterwards, he was director of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.. von 1990 to 2000.
On 2 March 2001, he was Under Secretary in the Ministry of Health ( Department of Health, DOH), this office was, however, on 18 June 2001 after being Deputy Chairman of the Board and President and Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of the statutory health insurance Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth ) was.
Subsequently, he was appointed to the Cabinet on June 1, 2005 by President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo to the Minister of Health ( Secretary of Health). In 2010, he was replaced by the former Minister for Social Welfare and Development, Esperanza Cabral.
Francisco Duque III was also in several organizations and institutions of Dagupan City and the province of Pangasinan active and one of the Chairmen of Dagupan Sankalinisan, Treasurer of Metro Dagupan Civilian Reconstruction Fund Foundation, Chairman of the Committee for Scholarships of the Christian Association Young People ( YMCA ) of Pangasinan, president of the Dagupan Jaycees Inc., president of the Rotary Club of Dagupan East, Deputy District Governor of Rotary International District 3790 and a member of the Pangasinan Medical Society.
Finally, he was also a member of several national organizations such as the Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association of the Philippines, the Philippine Hospital Association and Philippine Medical Association. In addition, he was chairman of the Philippine Social Security Association and Vice President of the Foundation Against Drug Abuse (Anti - Drug Abuse Foundation) and Chairman of the Georgetown Club of the Philippines Foundation Inc.