Gilberto "Gilbert" Teodoro, Jr. was the Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND) from 2007 to 2009. The youngest secretary to hold the national defense position, Teodoro has been chosen as the standard bearer of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD for the 2010 presidential election.
Affiliations
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Member
- University of the Philippines Alumni Association - Member
- University of the Philippines Law Alumni Association - Member
- Harvard Alumni Association - Member
- Harvard Law Alumni Association - Member
- Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association - Honorary member
- Philippine Air Force AC AA - Honorary member
- Philippine National Police Foundation Inc. - Chairman
- Philippine Air Force Reserve - Colonel
- National Defense College - Lecturer
- Armed Forces of the Philippines, General Command and Staff Course - regular assistant professor
- Department of National Defense - Secretary
- Lakas-Kampi-CMD - Member and Standard Bearer for the 2010 Presidential Elections
Early life
Teodoro is the only child of Gilberto C. Teodoro Sr., the former Social Security System administrator and Mercedes Cojuangco, former Batasang Pambansa member. Teodoro is closely identified with his uncle, San Miguel Corp. boss Eduardo Cojuangco Jr..
Teodoro got exposed to politics at an early age, serving as president of the Kabataang Barangay in Tarlac from 1980 to 1985 and the KB Federation of Central Luzon. He also became a member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
Education
Teodoro graduated from De La Salle University with a degree in Management of Financial Institutions. He also holds a law degree from the University of the Philippines, and a master’s degree from the Harvard Law School in the US. Teodoro topped the bar exams in 1989, becoming one of the youngest bar topnotchers in the country. He also took and passed the New York State Bar exams in 1997. Teodoro is married to Monica Louise Prieto, a Representative of Tarlac. He is also the father of Jaime Gilberto Teodoro.
Career
Teodoro is the youngest secretary to hold the Defense portfolio at the age of 43, when he assumed the post in August 2007. As head of the Department of National Defense, Teodoro is keen on ably pursuing Philippine defense reforms and is determined to make the defense and military establishment truly responsive to the needs and aspirations of the Filipino people.
Before he became the Secretary of National Defense, he was Congressman of the First District of Tarlac for three (3) consecutive terms starting 1998. At the House, he assumed the position of Assistant Majority Leader (11th Congress) and Head of the Nationalist People’s Coalition House members. He was also a member of the House contingent to the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council.
His passion for public service and aptitude for leadership is evident even at a very young age. Shortly after he completed his secondary education at the Xavier School, he was elected President of the Kabataang Barangay for Tarlac in 1980 and concurrently assumed Presidency of the Kabataang Barangay for Central Luzon until 1985. He also became a member of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan of Tarlac from 1980 to 1986.
Even with his hands full, Teodoro completed his Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Financial Institutions at the De La Salle University in 1984. Since then, he focused his sights on acquiring for himself further education and knowledge to aid him in his desire to pursue public service. In 1989, he completed his Law studies at the University of the Philippines where he was awarded the Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence. In the same year, he topped the Philippine Bar exams.
Lawyer and a Pilot
For seven years, he honed his skills as a lawyer in the famed EP Mendoza Law firm. Armed with years of experience, he went to the Harvard Law School in Cambridge for his Master of Laws and completed it in 1997. He was also admitted to the State Bar of New York during the same year.
Teodoro, who holds distinct memberships in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, UP Alumni Association, UP Law Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Association and the Harvard Law Alumni Association, is also a licensed commercial pilot and a Colonel in the Philippine Air Force Reserve.
Presidential Bid
Months prior announcing his intention to run for presidency, Teodoro quit the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) to join the merged Lakas-Kampi-CMD and cast his name in the party's May 2010 presidential aspirants. On 16 September 2009, Teodoro was chosen over former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando as the standard bearer. On December, Teodoro filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) along with his vice presidential bet Edu Manzano and his senatorial bets broadcaster Rey Langit and Binalonan mayor Ramon Guico.
On November, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stepped down as the party's chairperson and handed over the position to Teodoro.
In the recent Pulse Asia survey conducted from 22 to 26 January 2010, the administration bet retained his five-percent rating, placing fourth behind Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, Manny Villar, and former president Joseph Estrada.
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