CURRICULUM VITAE
JOSE BRILLANTES
1216 Tower C- Antel Seaview Towers
2626 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
A. PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth : 04 February 1938
Place of Birth : Manila
Name of Father : Sixto P. Brillantes – former Governor and
Assemblyman of Ilocos Sur, former Comelec Commissioner
Name of mother : Azucena O. Serrano – Pharmacist
Civil Status : Married to Josephine Brown
of 3112 Annandale Road
Falls Church, Virginia (separated since 1991)
Children : Paul MacKenzie Brillantes
Dublin, California
Mark MacKenzie Brillantes
6455 McLeod Trail South, Calgary. Alberta
Brothers and Sisters : Betty B. Brillantes (Deceased)
Of New York City
Emmy B. Blancaflor
Of Queens, New York
Sixto S. Brillantes, Jr.
CPA-Lawyer, Law Professor
Election law practitioner
Chairman, Commission on Election
Rosie B. Luistro
Retired Executive Assistant to ADB President
Housewife
B. EDUCATION
April 2005 : HONORARY DOCTORATE OF LAWS
Lyceum Northwestern University
Dagupan, Pangasinan, Philippines
1975-1976 : MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MPA (Candidate)
Carleton University, Ottawa
1956-1960 : BACHELOR OF LAWS
Ateneo de Manila College of Law
1954-1956 : ASSOCIATE IN ARTS
Ateneo de Manila College of Arts and Sciences
1950-1954 : SECONDARY SCHOOL
Ateneo de Manila High School
1948-1950 : INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Ateneo de Manila Grade School
Grade 5-6
1944-1948 : PRIMARY SCHOOL
St. Scholastica’s College (Kindergarten)
De La Salle College (Grade 1)
St. Theresa’s College (Grade2,3 & 4)
C. GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS
· Bar Topnocher, 1960 Bar Examination (7th Place)
· Civil Service Eligibility: First Grade (RA 1080)
D. EMPLOYMENT
04 October 2010 to : UNDERSECRETARY
present Department of Foreign Affairs
26 October 2005 to : PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO CANADA
01 October 2010 Philippine Embassy, Ottawa
15 October 2002 to : UNDERSECRETARY
October 2005 Department of Foreign Affairs
19 January 1996 to : PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO MALAYSIA
14 October 2002 Philippine Embassy, Kuala Lumpur
07 May 1995 to : SECRETARY
12 January 1996 Department of Labor and Employment
1992 August to : UNDERSECRETARY
1995 May Department of Labor and Employment
1991 August to : ASSISTANT SECRETARY
1992 August Department of Labor and Employment
1990 to 1991 and : LABOR ATTACHÉ
1972 to 1976 Philippine Embassy, Ottawa
1986 to 1990 : Philippine Embassy, Washington D.C.
1977 to 1986 : Philippine Embassy, Bonn
1964 to 1971 : ELECTED/RE-ELECTED CITY COUNCILOR
4th District, Manila
1961 to 1965 : PRACTISING LAWYER/PARTNER
- Brillantes and Sevilla Law Office
- Samson, Brillantes and Apolo Law Office
1960 to 1961 : LEGAL RESEARCHER
Ansaldo and Co.
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Quintos Law Office
LEGAL RESEARCHER
Philippine Investment and Management
Consultants
1957 to 1959 : TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
Commission on Elections
E. RELEVANT POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
· Delegate – ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, New Delhi, India (20-21 December 2012)
· Speaker – Multi-Stakeholders Discussion on Ratifying the Migrant Workers’ Convention in South Asia at Male, Maldives (17-18 December 2012)
· Speaker – The Human Rights of Migrants: A Public Forum on the List of Issues Prior to
Reporting (LOIPR) by Center for Migrant Advocacy at Committee on Human Rights (CHR) Conference Hall, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City (05 December 2012)
· Participant – Budapest Conference on Cyberspace in Budapest, Hungary (04-05 October 2012)
· Delegation Head – Conference on Cyberspace in Budapest to meet in Frankfurt with the caretakers of the recently closed Frankfurt PCG; and the representatives of Berlin on (02 October 2012) in connection with the efforts and initiatives of OAVS to complete plans and preparation for overseas registration and voting occasioned by the closure of Frankfurt PCG and meet the Filcom leaders of Essen, Bonn, Mainz and Cologne in the Frankfurt/Bonn area to discuss matters pertaining to Overseas Registration and Voting; and representatives of Budapest PE.
· Member and Vice Chair – 17th Session of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) at Geneva, Switzerland (10-14 September 2012)
· Delegation Head of Ministerial Meeting – XVI Summit of Heads of State and Government of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at Tehran, Iran (26-31 August 2012)
· Speaker – Strategic Conversations on the Protection of Asian Domestic Workers Rights, Manila, Philippines by Migrant Forum on Asia (MFA) UN Women at Traders Hotel, Manila, Philippines (23-25 July 2012)
· Delegate – High-Level Private-Public Counter Piracy Conference in Dubai, UAE (26 June -01 July 2012)
· Delegate – Conference on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Centers of Excellence (CoE) at the UN headquarters in New York (22 June 2012)
· Delegation Head – Forth National Focal Points Round-Table Meeting for South East Asia at the UN Headquarters in New York (21 June 2012)
· Delegation Head – Meeting of the CBRN Centre of Excellence National Focal Points at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (21 June 2012)
· Chair – to meeting with Kuala Lumpur Embassy personnel and discuss matters pertaining to Overseas Absentee Voting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (9-11 June 2012)
· Participant – 9th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue, Bangkok, Thailand (7-8 June 2012)
· Head of Delegation – Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Coordinating Bureau (NAM-COB), Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (07-10 May 2012)
· Member and Vice Chair – 16th Session of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) at Geneva, Switzerland (16-27 April 2012)
· Speaker – Launching and Promotion Program of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Member of Their Families (CMW) at Phnom Penh, Cambodia on (20 March 2012)
· Participant – ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (NPD) in Sydney, Australia (8-9 March 2012)
· Campaign representative for the candidature of Prof. Dr. Miriam Defensor Santiago to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the term 2012-2021 at election to be held on 12-21 December 2011 in New York. (Pretoria, South Africa, 24-28 October 2011)
· Head of Delegation – 21st Workshop on Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea, Surakarta (Solo), Indonesia (9-11 November 2011)
· Member and Vice Chair – 15th Session of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) at Geneva, Switzerland (12-13 September 2011)
· Head of Delegation – Additional Official Commemorative Meeting at the Level Foreign Ministers to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Belgrade, Serbia (05-06 September 2011)
· Head of Delegation – Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies at Vilnius, Lithuania (01 July 2011)
· Head of Delegation – 106th Session of the Council of the International Maritime Organization, London, UK (27-30 June 2011)
· Speaker – A Consultation entitled: “Expert Consultation on Effective Practices in Policing and Minority Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region,” at Bangkok, Thailand (30-31 May 2011)
· Head of Delegation – 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Mid-Term Ministerial Conference and NAM Commemorative Event on 25-27 May 2011, Bali, Indonesia (23-24 May 2011)
· Member and Vice Chair – 14th Session of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) at Geneva, Switzerland (04-09 April 2011)
· Member – emergency response team to Tokyo with the implementation of the contingency plans for the Filipinos affected by the earthquake/tsunami calamities in Tokyo, Japan (18-28 March 2011)
· Head of Delegation – 1st Philippines-Uzbekistan Bilateral Consultations, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2-4 March 2011)
· Member and Vice Chair – 13th Session of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) at Geneva, Switzerland (22 November – 03 December 2010)
· Member and Vice Chair – 12th Session of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) at Geneva, Switzerland (26-30 April 2010)
· Head- PHL delegation at 20th Workshop on Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea, Bandung, West Java (01-04 November 2010)
· Chairman, Special Board of Canvassers- RP Presidential Elections 2010
· Elected Member of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families for a term of two (2) years (December 2003); re-elected member for a term of four (4) years (December 2005); and re-elected member and then Vice Chairman for a term of four years (December 2009).
· Philippine Permanent Representative to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal (2005 to 2010)
· Chairman- ASEAN Committee Ottawa (2007, 2010)
· Participant- Special International Conference at the Ministerial Level of Developing Countries with Substantial Migrant Flows, Lima, Peru (15-16 May 2006)
· Head- RP Delegation to the 36th Session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly, Montreal, Canada (18-28 September 2007)
· Chairman, OAV Special Board of Canvassers 2007 Senatorial Elections; 2010 Presidential
Election; 2013 National Election
· Head of the Philippine Delegation to Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur, to pursue talks with Malaysian Government officials in connection with the repatriation of undocumented Filipinos from Malaysian and undertake to finalize a Labor Agreement with Malaysian in a view to the Re-employment of Filipino Workers, 19-26 February 2005
· Head of the Philippine Panel, 1st RP-Malaysia Joint Committee Meeting on Migration, Manila (07 March 2005)
· Member of the Delegation- Secretary Romulo Official Visit to Saudia Arabia (01-04 July 2005)
· Member of the Delegation- SFA Romulo Official Consultations with UN Compensation Commission and Inauguration of Philippine Mission to WTO, Geneva (9-11 October 2005)
· Delegate, Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements-Phuket, Thailand (28-31 January 2005)
· Supervising Undersecretary, Philippine Claims and Compensation Committee Secretariat (2003-2005)
· Member- Philippine Delegation on SFA Romulo’s Official Visit to the Middle East, Riyadh (30 August-09 September 2003)
· RP Representative- United Nations Compensation Commission Governing Council Meeting, Geneva (March 2004)
· Participant- US-PHL/US-ASEAN Business Council Dialogue, Washington DC (2-4 March 2004)
· Participant- International Organization for Migration (IOM) Consultative Meeting on Enhancing the Contribution of Migration Research to Policy Making, Geneva (5-6 February 2004)
· Delegate- Third Conference on the Management and Operation of Philippine Schools Overseas, Manama, Bahrain (14-15 January 2004)
· Member- Iraq Crisis Management Team, Manila (2003-2004)
· Member, Angelo De La Cruz Kidnapping Crisis Management Committee, Manila (2004)
· Member, Secretary Romulo Special Mission to Saudi Arabia (2004)
· Participant- 3rd RP-Japan Bilateral Consultations, Tokyo (19-20 January 2004)
· Delegate, 92nd Session of ILO, Geneva (02-09 June 2004)
· Chairman, Crisis Management Team, DFA Home Office (July 2004)
· Member, Tarongoy Kidnapping Crisis Management Team, Manila (2004)
· Head of the Philippine Delegation, 3rd RP-Japan Bilateral Consultation on Consular Matters, Tokyo (19-20 January 2004)
· Speaker, The New Economic World Order and International Migration, Status of ILO and other International Convention and Bilateral Agreements and Their Implications on Government Policies sponsored by Foreign Service Institute, DFA (29 March 2004)
· Member, Official Mission of Secretary Albert to the United States (17-29 March 2004)
· Head of the Legal and Consular Mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (13-22 April 2004)
· Member, Philippine Delegation to the 92nd Session of the ILO’s International Labor Conference (02-09 June 2004)
· Speaker, Workshop on the International Convention on the Protection of the Right of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Vientiane, Laos (11 August 2004)
· Head of the Legal Team to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, re: Sarah Dematera and other Capital Punishment Cases (03-09 September 2004)
· Participant, “International Conference on State-Diaspora Relations (CIRED), Mexico City (18-22 October 2004)
· Head of the DFA Team Nayan Rescue Mission to Kabul, Afghanistan (02-30 November 2004)
· Head of the Philippine Delegation re : Japan Overseas performing Artists Issues, Tokyo, Japan (26-29 December 2004)
· Member, Official Party on the Presidential Visit to the State of Kuwait (31 January to 03 February 2003)
· Head of the Legal and Consular Mission to Japan (05-09 February 2003)
· Head of the Legal and Consular Mission to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (17-20 March 2003)
· Head of the Philippine Delegation, Labor Migration Ministerial Consultations for Countries of Origin in Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1-2 April 2003)
· SOM Leader, 2nd Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crimes, Bali, Indonesia (28-30 April 2003)
· Member, Official Mission of Secretary Ople to the Middle East (30 August 2003 to 04 September 2003)
· Participant, International Dialogue on Migration: Workshop on Approaches to Data Collection and Data Management, Geneva (06-10 September 2003)
· Participant, United Nations Compensation Commission Meetings, Geneva (10 December 2002)
· Board Member, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (2002 to 2005)
· Examiner (Oral Exams), Board of Foreign Service Examinations (2002 to 2004)
· Assisted in Sabah Repatriation Mission-Kota Kinabalu (2002)
· Assisted in Misuari Handover Operations to PHL Authorities, Kuala Lumpur (2000)
· Member, Team Nur Jaafar Mission on Overstaying Filipinos, Sabah (2000)
· Assisted in Sapadan Kidnapping Negotiations with Malaysian Government (1999)
· Participant 4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, Kuching Sarawak (25 February 1998)
· Delegate- OIC Conference, Kuala Lumpur (1998)
· Observer, Malaysia-brokered RP-MILF Peace Talks (1998-2001)
· Participant, 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Kuala Lumpur (24-25 July 1998)
· Delegate, 6th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (12-18 November 1998)
· Speaker, Symposium on Asian Immigration and Racism, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (23-27 June 1997)
· Participant, 1st ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (20-21 October 1997)
· Participant, Symposium on “Changing Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region-Malaysia and Philippine Perspectives” (1996)
· Chairman, APEC Ministerial Meeting on Human Resources Development, Manila (1996)
· Participant, 4th APEC, Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Manila and Subic (15-26 November 1996)
· 5th BIMP-EAGA SOM and Ministerial Meeting, Kuala Lumpur (4-6 July 1996)
· Vice President, International Maritime Organization, London (1995)
· Member, National Security Council (1995)
· Chairman, National Maritime Polytechnic (1995)
· Chairman, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Board (1995)