Emanuel "Dekong" Castro De Guzman is a former

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of the

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. De Guzman was appointed by the

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in accordance with the provisions of the Republic Act 8292, otherwise known as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997. and by virtue of Resolution No. 872, Series of 2012 passed on March 14, 2012, by the PUP

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. De Guzman is the second youngest President next to Dr.

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Biography

Early years and education

Born to Rosalina and Jacinto De Guzman, De Guzman graduated in High School as Class Valedictorian in Quezon, Nueva Ecija, he then took up

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at Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1993 and earned his

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at Ateneo de Manila University in 2001. He earned his Ph.D. in

at the School of Social Sciences, The

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in 2008.

Academe

Before being elected as Polytechnic University of the Philippines' President, De Guzman was the Director of the Center for Human Development and the Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. De Guzman served two consecutive terms as the President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines from 2012 to 2020. He was succeeded by Dr. Manuel Muhi on 17 March 2020. As a

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International Fellow, De Guzman underwent a comprehensive Leadership Course at the Ford Foundation International Institute for Leadership and Social Justice,

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. He also took up the special training course on

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References

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