17 Notable alumni of
Manuel L. Quezon University
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Manuel L. Quezon University is 2070th in the world, 495th in Asia, and 20th in the Philippines by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Manuel L. Quezon 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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Blas Ople
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- diplomatpoliticianjournalist
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Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service, Ople was, in his final years, a vocal supporter for allowing a limited United States military presence in the Philippines, and for American initiatives in the war on terror including the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Silvestre Bello III
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- politician
- Biography
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Silvestre Hernando Bello III is a Filipino businessman and lawyer from Isabela, who served as the secretary of the Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment, and concurrently Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, under the Duterte administration. Bello was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Rosalinda Baldoz as the Department of Labor secretary.
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Benjamin Abalos
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- politician
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Benjamin Santos Abalos Sr. is a Filipino politician who last served as the mayor of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila from 2022 to 2025, a position he also held from 1986 to 1987 and from 1988 to 1998. He also served as a chairman of the Commission on Elections and chairman of the MMDA. As a private citizen, he also serves as the president of the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club and president of the Golfers Association of the Philippines. He is the father of former Mandaluyong mayor and Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos. His paternal grandson is politician, Jonathan Clement Abalos.
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Alan Purisima
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Alan La Madrid Purisima is a former Filipino police officer. He served as Philippine National Police Chief between December 17, 2012 and February 5, 2015.
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Alberto Romulo
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- diplomatofficialpolitician
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Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary, finance secretary, foreign affairs secretary, and budget secretary. His most recent office is his leadership of the Department of Foreign Affairs before and during the early period of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
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Voltaire Gazmin
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- ministermilitary personnelpolitician
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Voltaire Tuvera Gazmin is a retired Filipino soldier who was the 35th Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines. Gazmin assumed office on 1 July 2010, after President Benigno S. Aquino III had issued the former's appointment the day before.
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Wigberto Tañada
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- university teacherpolitician
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Wigberto "Ka Bobby" Ebarle Tañada Sr. is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He is member of the Liberal Party and a former member of the Senate of the Philippines (1987–1995) and Philippine House of Representatives representing the Quezon's 4th District (1995–2001). He is the son of the late former senator Lorenzo M. Tañada, known as the "grand old man of the Philippine politics".
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Samuel Pagdilao, Jr
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- politicianpolice officer
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Samuel Duldulao Pagdilao, Jr., is a retired Filipino police officer and politician who served in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2016. Pagdilao used to work as a director in the Philippine National Police (PNP), holding multiple positions and receiving a number of distinctions and recognition in his 34-years as a police officer.
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Rogelio Ordoñez
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- 1940-2016 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez also known as Ka Roger, was a multi-awarded Filipino fiction writer, poet, activist, journalist and educator. He was one of the authors of the iconic Tagalog literature anthology Mga Agos sa Disyerto in the 1960s. He was a contributor to Liwayway Magazine, Pilipino Free Press, Asia-Philippines Leader, Pilosopong Tasyo, Diario Uno and Pinoy Weekly.
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Wynne Arboleda
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- basketball player
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Wynne Arboleda is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He is known by his moniker "The Snatcher" in reference to his steals during games.
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Catalino Cuy
- Occupations
- police officer
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Catalino "Lito" Salandanan Cuy is a Filipino retired police director and who served as chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board under the Duterte administration and Marcos administration from 2018 to 2025. He assumed the role of Officer-in-Charge of the Department of Interior and Local Government on April 5, 2017, upon the departure of Ismael Sueno who was dismissed by President Duterte following corruption allegations.
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Mohagher Iqbal
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Philippines - Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Datucan M. Abas, better known by his nom de guerre Mohagher Iqbal, is a Filipino politician and former revolutionary leader who heads the Bangsamoro Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE). He served as the chief peace negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and was a principal signatory of the 2012 Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, which paved the way for the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Since February 2019, he has served as the first MBHTE minister and as a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament.
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Jose Melo
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- judge
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Jose Armando R. Melo was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1992 to 2002. He also served as Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), and was succeeded by election lawyer Sixto Brillantes.
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Rosalinda Baldoz
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- politician
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Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is a Filipina lawyer, civil servant, and labor arbiter. She served as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippines under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
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Guillermo de Vega
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- 1931-1975 (aged 44)
- Occupations
- politician
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Guillermo Vinluan de Vega, nicknamed Gimo, was a presidential assistant of Philippine president Ferdinand E. Marcos with the rank of cabinet secretary. As chair of the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures from the late 1960s to 1975, de Vega served as Marcos' chief censor, instituting censorship policies as a means of social change. He was assassinated on October 27, 1975 while working at his office at the Malacañang Palace, the site of the president's residence and office complex.
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Roberto A. Abad
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- 1944-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- judge
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Roberto A. Abad is a lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from August 7, 2009, to May 22, 2014.
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Aleem Said Ahmad Basher
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- dawahpresenter
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Said Ahmad Basher is a Filipino Islamic scholar, an active Islamic preacher, broadcaster, lecturer and Islamic consultant. He is the current chair of the Imam Council of the Philippines. A Muslim leader and Imam, who tends to the community development, social needs, and spiritual guidance of Filipino Muslims, specifically those living in the Islamic communities in Metro Manila and nearby provinces in Luzon.
