Question: Facts: - title: chairman arts of the national commission for culture and the - notable works: rizal without the overcoat -lrb- isbn 9789712709203 -rrb- - term: 2005 to 2007 - successor: felipe m. de leon , jr. - predecessor: evelyn b. pantig - occupation: historian , journalist , professor , academic - birth date: 1961 - name: ambeth ocampo - nationality: filipino - image: ambeth.jpg - alma mater: university polytechnic university of the philippines -lrb- ph.d. '' honoris causa of '' -rrb- de la salle university -lrb- ma and ba london -rrb- soas -lrb- ph.d. cand . -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ambeth ocampo .
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ambeth ocampo is a multi-awarded filipino historian , academic , journalist , and author best known for his writings about philippines ' national hero jose rizal and for '' looking back '' , his bi-weekly editorial page column in the '' philippine daily inquirer '' .he became the chair of the philippines ' national historical institute in 2002 and of the national commission for culture and the arts in 2005 .