24 Notable alumni of
Ateneo de Davao University
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Ateneo de Davao University is 1709th in the world, 389th in Asia, and 13th in the Philippines by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Ateneo de Davao University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rodrigo Duterte
- Occupations
- statesperson
- Biography
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte, also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson of PDP–Laban, the ruling political party in the Philippines during his presidency. Duterte is the first president of the Philippines to be from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assume office, beginning his term at age 71.
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Raffy Tulfo
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Rafael Teshiba Tulfo is a Filipino politician, broadcast journalist, and media personality currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines since 2022.
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Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman
- Occupations
- flight attendant
- Biography
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Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman is the former wife of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, and the mother of incumbent Vice President Sara Duterte.
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Bong Go
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Tesoro Go is a Filipino politician serving as a senator since 2019. He previously served in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte as Special Assistant to the President and Head of the Presidential Management Staff from June 2016 to October 2018. Go has served as the personal aide and special assistant to Duterte since 1998, back when the latter was still mayor of Davao City.
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Antonio Carpio
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Antonio Tirol Carpio is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was sworn in as member of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 26, 2001, and served until his retirement on October 26, 2019. He served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a period of eighteen (18) years. He also served as chief justice in an acting capacity several times during his tenure as Senior Associate Justice.
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Jose Calida
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Jose Callangan Calida is a Filipino lawyer. He previously served as Undersecretary of Justice under the Arroyo administration, as executive director of the Dangerous Drugs Board, as Solicitor General of the Philippines under the Duterte administration, and as the Chairman of Commission on Audit (COA) under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos.
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Sebastian Duterte
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte is a Filipino politician serving as Mayor of Davao City since June 30, 2022. He previously served as the city's vice mayor from 2019 to 2022. He is the youngest son of 16th president Rodrigo Duterte, and the younger brother of vice president Sara Duterte.
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Juris Fernandez
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Julie Iris Fernandez-Lim, also known by her stage name "Juris", is a Filipino singer and songwriter.
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Ernesto Abella
- Born in
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Philippines - Enrolled in Ateneo de Davao University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in pre-medical
- Occupations
- politicianspokespersoncolumnist
- Biography
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Ernesto "Ernie" Corpus Abella is a Filipino businessman, writer and former evangelist who served in the Duterte administration as Presidential Spokesperson (2016–2017) and Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Research of the Department of Foreign Affairs (2017–2021). He ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2022 Philippine presidential election.
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Karlo Alexei Nograles
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- spokespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Karlo Alexei Bendigo Nograles is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission since March 4, 2022. He was previously the Cabinet Secretary (2018–2022) and acting Presidential Spokesperson (2021–2022) in the Duterte administration. He was also the co-chair and spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in the Philippine government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and chairman of the government's Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger. He was the representative of Davao City's 1st district from 2010 to 2018.
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Joey Ayala
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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José Íñigo Homer Lacambra Ayala, professionally known as Joey Ayala, is a Filipino singer, songwriter and former chairman of the music committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He is well known for his style of music that combines the sounds of Filipino ethnic instruments with modern pop music. His public music life started when he released an album recorded in a makeshift studio in 1982 in Davao City. To date, he has released fourteen albums.
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Jasmine Bacurnay Lee
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- actorfilm actorpolitician
- Biography
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Jasmine Bacurnay Lee is a South Korean television personality, actress and civil servant. Elected as a proportional representative in South Korea's National Assembly in 2012, she is the first non-ethnic Korean and naturalized South Korean to become a lawmaker.
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Próspero Nograles
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- politician
- Biography
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Prospero Castillo Nograles also called "Boy Nograles," was a Filipino politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010. He was the first Speaker from Mindanao in a hundred years of Philippine legislative history. From 1989 to 2010, he was elected to five non-consecutive terms as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Davao City's 1st congressional district.
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Norberto Gonzales
- Enrolled in Ateneo de Davao University
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Science in pre-medical
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Norberto Borja Gonzales is a Filipino social democratic politician who served as secretary of national defense and national security adviser under 14th President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Gonzales was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election.
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Alex Santos
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- television presenterjournalistradio personality
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Alexander Hidalgo Santos, professionally known as Alex Santos, is a Filipino field reporter who is currently a news and radio anchor for Net 25 and DZEC Radyo Agila. Santos was a former news director for DWIZ, and a former newscaster and television host for ABS-CBN, DZMM and PTV.
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Leoncio Evasco Jr
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Leoncio "Jun" Badilla Evasco Jr. is a Filipino politician who served as Secretary of the Cabinet from 2016 to 2018 and is currently the Presidential Adviser on Streamlining of Government Processes under the Duterte administration since 2020. Before he was appointed as the Cabinet secretary, he was the Mayor of Maribojoc town in Bohol from 2007 to 2016. He was an ordained priest, being ordained in 1970, when he joined the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army, in 1974.
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Aljo Bendijo
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- journalist
- Biography
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Aljo Bendijo is a Filipino broadcast journalist.
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Jesus Dureza
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- politicianjournalist
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Jesus "Jess" Gestuveo Dureza is a Filipino lawyer, consultant, journalist and politician from Davao City, Philippines. He was the adviser on the peace process to President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2018 and is the Founding Chairman of Advocacy MindaNow Foundation, a group advocating for peace in Mindanao. He has held various appointive positions in past administrations including the chairmanship of the Mindanao Development Authority, the chairmanship of the Government Peace Negotiating Panel for Talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Assistant for Mindanao. He is also a former Representative of the 1st District of Davao City in the Philippine House of Representatives.
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Carlos Isagani Zarate
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Carlos Isagani "Kaloi" Tabora Zarate is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and activist who served as a Party-list Representative for Bayan Muna from 2013 to 2022. He was also the deputy minority leader in the 18th Congress.
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Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza
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- politician
- Biography
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Emmylou "Lala" Jacolo Taliño-Mendoza is a Filipina politician. She has been elected for three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 1st District of North Cotabato. She first won election to Congress in 2001, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007.
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Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon
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- politicianlawyer
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Corazon "Cora" Toroba Nuñez-Malanyaon was a Filipina politician, lawyer, and accountant. She served as the representative of Davao Oriental's 1st district twice, from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2016 to 2022. She also served twice as the governor of Davao Oriental: from 2007 to 2016 and from 2022 until she died in 2023. She started her political career as a member of the Davao City Council from 1986 to 1987 and 1988 to 1992.
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Jose Alvarez
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- politician
- Biography
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Jose Chaves Alvarez, known by initials JCA, is a Filipino businessman and politician from the province of Palawan, Philippines who is serving as the representative of Palawan's 2nd congressional district since 2022. He previously served as the Governor of the province from 2013 to 2022.
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Henri Jean Paul Inting
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- judge
- Biography
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Henri Jean Paul Balinghasay Inting is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte replacing then-associate justice and then-chief justice Lucas Bersamin.
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Jay Jaboneta
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- writer
- Biography
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Jay Michael Ortuoste Jaboneta, better known as Jay Jaboneta, is a Filipino blogger, philanthropist, new media advocate, and online community organizer, who served as Head for New Media under the Presidential Communications Operations Office of President Benigno Aquino III. Jaboneta is known for having sparked the idea that led to the creation of the charitable organisation Philippine Funds for Little Kids, for which Jaboneta was recognized by Yahoo! Southeast Asia as one of their “7 Modern Day Pinoy Heroes.” In May 2012, The Philippine Funds for Little Kids was incorporated as the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, Inc.