Bienvenido Laguesma
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Bienvenido Estudillo Laguesma (born October 3, 1950) is a Filipino government official, lawyer, and businessman has served as the 31st secretary of labor and employment since 2022, and previously as the 25th from 1998 to 2001.


Education

Laguesma was born on October 3, 1950, in
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. He attended the
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where he obtained a bachelor's degree in political science in 1971. He then attended the Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated with a law degree in 1975. He entered the
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as a Colombo Scholar and took up an administration course in 1985. He also finished a CES Development Program at the Development Academy of the Philippines in 1984.


Career


Government

Laguesma started working at the Ministry of Labor and Employment (now Department of Labor and Employment; DOLE) in the 1970s during the presidency of
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. Starting as a labor arbiter, he rose through the ranks within the ministry. He served as DOLE Undersecretary from 1990 to 1996 spanning the presidencies of
Corazon Aquino María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines and the first woman president in the country, from Presidency of Corazon ...
and
Fidel V. Ramos Fidel Valdez Ramos (; March 18, 1928 – July 31, 2022), popularly known as FVR, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military officer to reached ...
. From 1996 to 1998, Laguesma was Presidential Assistant for Ramos. He would then serve as
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of the Department of Labor and Employment from 1998 to 2001 during the administration of President
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. He was also the commissioner of the Social Security System during President
Benigno Aquino III Benigno Simeon Aquino III (; born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines ...
's term. He was offered to reprise his role as DOLE Secretary by president-elect
Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (, , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child ...
. He was initially reluctant, citing his age but later accepted Marcos' offer.


Other

Laguesma runs his own private law firm and was the director of Philex Mining Corporation and the First Metro Investment Corporation.


References

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