Senator Juan Ponce Enrile


Senate Office:
Rm. 503 5th Flr., GSIS Bldg., Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City
Trunk Lines: (632) 552-6601 to 80 loc. 5552 / 5553 / 5554
Direct Lines: (632) 552-6690 / (632) 552-6691
Email: senator_enrile@senate.gov.ph
Website: www.jpenrile.com

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PERSONAL

Place of Birth: Gonzaga, Cagayan
Date of Birth February 14, 1924
Spouse: Cristina Castañer
Children: Juan, Jr. and Katrina

EDUCATION

Master of Law Specialized Training in
International Tax		 Harvard Law School
Boston, U.S.A., 1955
   
Awardee Harvard Law School
Scholarship Award
   
Bachelor of Laws
Cum Laude and Salutatorian
No. 11, 1953 Bar Examinations with a 91.72%
rating and a perfect score in Commercial Law		 University of the Philippines
Class 1953
   
Associate in Arts
Cum Laude		 Ateneo de Manila
Class 1949

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Partner: Ponce Enrile Reyes and Manalastas Law Office
   
  Ponce Enrile Siguion Reyna Montecillo and Belo Law Office
1953-1966
   
Professor of Law: Far Eastern University
1955-1962

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • Philippine Constitutional Association
  • Philippine Tax Institute
  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines
  • International Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
  • Knights of Rizal
  • Philippine Jaycees Senate
  • Harvard Club of the Philippines
  • Manila Overseas Press Club

POLITICAL AFFILIATION

  • Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) - Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP)

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

  • "A Proposal on Capital Gains Tax"
  • "Income Tax Treatment of Corporate Merger and Consolidation"
  • "Where There's a Will"

AWARDS

Philippine Legion of Honor Degree
of Commander with Bronze Anahaw Leaf		 November 27, 1986
   
Mahaputra Adipranada
Republic of Indonesia		 March 11, 1975
   
Philippine Legion of Honor
Degree of Commander		 December 12, 1974
   
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa  
University of Manila March 25, 1981
   
Manila Law College April 6, 1975
   
University of Southern Philippines April 7, 1973
   
Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa  
Paul University of Cagayan Valley January 30, 1982
   

GOVERNMENT POSITIONS

Legislative Branch

13th Congress  
Senator Senate of the Philippines
2004-2010
   
11th Congress Senate of the Philippines
1995-2001

Chairman

  • Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
  • Committee on Ways and Means

Vice-Chairman

  • Committee on Finance
  • Committee on Public Services
  • Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (Blue Ribbon)

Member

  • Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Committee on Justice and Human Rights
  • Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies
  • Committee on Economic Affairs
  • Committee on Energy
  • Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
  • Committee on Education, Culture and Arts
  • Committee on National Defense and Security
  • Committee on Constitutional Amendments
  • Committee on Public Order and Illegal Drugs

10th Congress  
Assistant Minority Floor Leader 1998
   
Chairman 1995-1998
  • Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
  • Committee on Ways and Means

9th Congress  
Representative
1st District of Cagayan		 House of Representatives
Congress of the Philippines
1992-1995
   
8th Congress  
Senator Senate of the Philippines
1987-1992
  • Senate Minority Floor Leader
  • Minority Floor Leader, Commission on Appointments
  • Member, Senate Electoral Tribunal
  • Member, All Senate standing Committees

Assemblyman
Cagayan Valley
(Region II)		 Interim Batasang Pambansa
1978-1984

Executive Branch

Chairman,
Executive Committee		 National Security Council
1972-1984
   
Minister/Secretary Ministry/Department of National Defense
1970-1986
   
Secretary and concurrently Chairman, Board of Pardons
and Parole		 Department of Justice
1968-1970
   
Undersecretary and Acting
Secretary and concurrently
Acting Insurance Commissioner
Commissioner of Customs		 Department of Finance
1966-1968

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