MikeLigalig.com

The Commission on Appointments (CA) last week confirmed the appointment of Monina Estrella Callangan-Rueda as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Hungary and 59 officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs in its plenary session.

Ambassador Callangan-Rueda will also have concurrent jurisdiction over Bosnia and Herzegovinia, and Serbia and Montenegro. The CA also confirmed the promotional appointments of 59 other DFA officers:

Chief of Mission, Class I: Eduardo Pablo G. Maglaya, Virginia H. Benavidez, Luis T. Cruz, Romeo L. Manalo, and Elizabeth P. Buensuceso.

Chief of Mission, Class II: Evelyn D. Austria-Garcia, Meynardo L.B. Montealegre, Ma. Teresa L. Taguiang, Constancio R. Vingno Jr., Amelita C. Aquino, Ma. Lumen B. Isleta, Alex G. Chua, Joselito Jimeno, Jaime Victor B. Ledda, and Leah B. Ruiz.

Career Minister: Giovanni E. Palec, Rosario P. Lemque, Ma. Josefina V. Ceballos, Arvin R. De Leon, Ma. Elena P. Algabre-Misrahi, Marian Jocelyn R. Tirol-Ignacio, Ezzedin H. Tago, Alan L. Deniega, Paul Raymund P. Cortes, Raly L. Tejada, Jose A. Cabrera III, Marshall Louis M. Alferez, Anne J. Louis, and Zaldy B. Patron

Foreign Service Officer, Class I: Felipe F. Cariño III, Renato N. Dueñas Jr., Jose V. Jacob, Ma. Theresa S.M. Lazaro, Porfirio M. Mayo Jr., Ivan Frank M. Olea, Raymund G. Toledo, Marie Yvette B. Abalos, Iric C. Arribas, Victorio Mario M. Dimagiba Jr., Emmanuel R. Fernandez, Romulo Victor M. Israel Jr., Anthony Achilles L. Mandap, Ma. Antonina Mendoza-Oblena, Dinno M. Oblena, Enrique Voltaire G. Pingol, Rhenita B. Rodriguez, Rosanna Marie Villamor-Voogel, Patricia V. Barrera, Adrian Elmer S. Cruz, and Ma. Angela A. Ponce.

Foreign Service Officer, Class II: Gerardo P. Abiog, Jabbar M. Adiong, Rodillo R. Catalan, Leilani S. Feliciano, Ma. Elena Cristina D. Maningat, Gonaranao B. Musor, Arnel G. Talisayon, and Joseph Anthony A. Reyes.

Foreign Service Officer, Class III: Cassandra Karemaeh B. Sawadjaan. - PDI