Juan Ponce Enrile

JUAN PONCE ENRILE
jpenrile@pecabar.ph

He is currently the Senate President of the Republic of the Philippines. He received his Bachelor of Laws from the  University  of  the Philippines in 1953. He  graduated Cum  Laude  and  salutatorian. He took his oath as a member of the  bar in  1954. He ranked no. 11 among  the  successful  bar candidates with a rating of  91.72%. He made a  perfect  score of 100% in Commercial Law. In 1955,  he obtained  his  Master  of Laws from Harvard Law  School in 1955, with  specialization in taxation and  corporate reorganization.  He practiced for twelve years from 1954 to  1966 as a  law partner in Ponce Enrile  Siguion Reyna  Montecillo  Belo and Ongsiako Law Offices. He was also a  Professor of Law at the Far Eastern University College of Law from 1956 to 1964. In January 1966, he entered public service as Undersecretary of Finance. Thereafter, he was made Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philippine National Bank. He was also designated as concurrent Acting Commisioner of the Insurance Commission where, during his stint, he revised many of the rules and regulations to make the insurance industry more reliable and stable. Thereafter, he became Acting Commissioner of Customs until December 1968.

While in the Finance Department, he was also appointed Acting Secretary of Finance and concurrent Chairman of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of the Philippines. In December 1968, Juan Ponce Enrile was appointed Secretary of Justice a position he held until February 9, 1970. Thereafter, he was appointed as Secretary of National Defense until August 1971 when he resigned to run for the Philippine Senate. He was reappointed Secretary of National Defense inJanuary 1972 and served in that capacity until November 26, 1986. Juan Ponce Enrile is currently a Senator of the Republic of the Philippines with a six-year term from 2004-2010. He had previously served for two terms in the Philippine Senate, from 1987-1992; and from 1995-2001. He also served in the House of Representatives as Representative of the first district of Cagayan from 1992-1995.

Senator Enrile is affiliated with the Philippine Constitutional Association; Philippine Tax Institute, Knights of Rizal, Harvard Club of the Philippines, International Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Philippine Jaycees Senate and the Manila Overseas Press Club, among others.