Alberto Romualdez

Alberto Romualdez, Jr.
Born Alberto Romualdez, Jr.
(1940-09-14)September 14, 1940
Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Died October 14, 2013(2013-10-14) (aged 73)
Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila, Philippines
Nationality Filipino

Dr. Alberto "Quasi" Romualdez Jr. (Manila, 14 September 1940 - ib. 14 October 2013) was a Filipino doctor and was locally known for his work as the Secretary of Health for the Philippines from 1998 to 2001. He was also the President of Friendly Care Foundation, Inc.

Early life

Romualdez was a scion of the prominent Romualdez political clan of Manila and Leyte. His uncle Daniel Jr. was House Speaker from 1956 to 1962 while his grandfather Miguel served as Manila mayor during the American colonial period and Leyte assemblyman during the Commonwealth Era. A granduncle, Norberto Sr., served as justice of the Supreme Court.

The late secretary is a distant nephew of former First Lady Imelda Marcos; his second cousins include Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Chamber of Mines of the Philippines president Benjamin Philip Romualdez Jr., Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos and Tacloban City mayor Alfred Romualdez.

He was the eldest of the seven children of Alberto Zialcita Romualdez Sr., a former secretary general of the World Medical Association, and Covadonga del Gallego, a former chairman of the Pathology Department of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital.

Career

His started working at the Philippines Department of health as a Medical Adviser (1979–1982) for the Minister for Health.[1]

Dr. Romualdez was the director of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine between 1981 and 1984.[1]

Education

Graduated from University of the Philippines as Doctor of Medicine, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from the Ateneo de Manila University. He had further education in the United States; Tumor Immunology at the University of Connecticut and Membrane Biophysics at the Harvard Medical School.[1]

Personal life

Romualdez is survived by his wife Peachy and their children.

Death

Romualdez died at the age of 73 on 14 October 2013 in Manila Doctors Hospital two days after a heart attack. The exact cause of death was not released by the media, but there were reports of the his suffering from lymphoma.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "DR. ALBERTO ROMUALDEZ". Republic of Philippines Department of Health. Republic of Philippines Department of Health. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Former Health Secretary Alberto Romualdez; 73". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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