Luli Arroyo, the only daughter of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has been nominated Philippine ambassador to Austria by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
policy officer of the Coral Triangle Initiative of the World Wildlife Fund Her mother is a close ally of Marcos and is part of the “UniTeam” coalition during the May 2022 elections. The former president endorsed Lakas-CMD party-mate Sara Duterte for vice president and Marcos for president. The older Arroyo, now a member of Congress, also helped broker endorsements and alliances for the 2022 tandem.Marcos also nominated two new ambassadors: one for Canada and another for India.
Maria Andrelita Austria, previously the consul general to Vancouver, is the new Philippine ambassador to Canada. Like Arroyo, she was nominated on October 19 and her papers were sent to the Commission on Appointments a day after. Austria has decades of experience in diplomacy. She was previously assistant secretary for American affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs, and also worked at the Philippine embassy in Washington DC and the Philippine consulate general in San Francisco.
Andres Centino, former chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, was also nominated as the country’s ambassador to India. He will also be the envoy to Nepal. He was appointed on October 21. Centino is a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1988. He was appointed chief of the AFP by former president Duterte in late 2021. He served two presidents, staying on as AFP chief until August 2022.
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