Angelo Azura Jimenez is a Filipino lawyer who is currently serving as the 22nd

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of the

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Education

Jimenez earned his sociology and law degrees from the

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. He passed the

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in 1994. He later became a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow of the

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. He received his master's degree in public management from the

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at the

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Career

Law

Jimenez is an

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with the Jaromay Laurente and Associates and a consultant of a

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member.

Academe

Jimenez served on the

(UP) Board of Regents twice: as a student regent (1992) and as a regent (2016–2021). He was a lecturer at the UP Law Center Institute of the Administration of Justice (2016–2021).

Government service

Jimenez is an expert on Philippine overseas labor issues and global migration. He served in the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration as an acting deputy administrator, as well as in the

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. He also served as labor attaché in

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. He received two presidential citations for his efforts to protect

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s in

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Media

Jimenez is an opinion writer on

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website.

UP president

In December 2022, Jimenez was elected by the UP Board of Regents as the 22nd university president over five other nominees. His term began on February 10, 2023. On May 14, 2024, Jimenez proclaimed

's new

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and “Honor, Excellence, Service”

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Angelo Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Filipino lawyers Academic staff of the University of the Philippines University of the Philippines Diliman alumni National University of Singapore alumni 21st-century Filipino lawyers