Teofisto Guingona
style="font-size: larger;"| Other positions in Government Secretary of Foreign Affairs
2001–2002 |
Executive Secretary
1993–1995 |
Secretary of Justice
1995–1998 |
Senator of the Philippines
1987–1993, 1998–2001 |
Chairman, Commission on Audit
1986–1987 |
Teofisto T. Guingona, Jr. (born
July 4,
1928) was the
Vice President of the Philippines from
2001 to
2004, during the first term of
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Teofisto Guingona was born in
San Juan,
Rizal.
Guingona took his primary and secondary education at
Ateneo de Cagayan. He then earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from
Ateneo de Manila University, where he later taught law, political science and history.
Guingona was elected to the senate in
1987, and re-elected in
1992. In
1993 he was appointed Executive Secretary, then he was appointed secretary of the Department of Justice in
1995. In
1998 he was again elected senator. During his time as senator, he had served as
Senate Minority Leader,
Senate Majority Leader, and
Senate President Pro-Tempore.
In
2001, following the
EDSA II Revolution, Guingona was appointed
vice-president by president
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He was also concurrently served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs. During his time as vice-president, he was often at odds with Arroyo, particularly over foreign policy.
In the
2004 Philippine elections, Guingona did not run for re-election and was succeeded by
Noli de Castro. In that election, he controversially supported the presidential bid of opposition candidate
Fernando Poe Jr., who lost.
Guingona also took part in an anti-administration political rally in October 2005, and was sprayed down with water by the police when the rally moved to an area where protest rallies were not permitted.
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