Enrique Manalo
Luis Enrique Austria Manalo (born July 21, 1952) is a Filipino diplomat who is the current Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations. Prior to that, he served as Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs. He also served as acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines from March 9 to May 17, 2017 when Perfecto Yasay Jr.'s ad-interim appointment confirmation was rejected by the Commission on Appointments due to citizenship issues. Early life and education. Manalo was born in Manila to diplomat Armando Manalo and Rosario Manalo. He attended the  University of the Philippines Manila where he obtained both a bachelor's and a master's degree in economics. Career. Manalo has been working with the Department of Foreign Affairs since 1979. He began his career in the foreign service as the Special Assistant to the Office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1981. After that, he completed his first tour of duty at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland until 1986. From 1986 to 1989, he was the First Secretary and consul at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. and then  served as the Special Assistant to the First Undersecretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs until 1992. From 1992 to 1998, he was the Minister Counselor at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York and thereafter, as Assistant Secretary for European Affairs. He was back at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York from 2000 to 2003 serving as its Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative. He then served as the Permanent Representative of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland from 2003 to 2007. From 2005 to  2007, he served as the elected chairman of the 41st and 42nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly. In 2007, he was appointed Undersecretary of Policy, serving until 2010. From 2010 to 2011, he served as the Philippine Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and head of the Philippine Mission to the European Union. He was ambassador of the Philippines to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2016 and a non-resident ambassador to Ireland from 2013 to 2016. In April 2016, he was appointed again as Undersecretary for Policy and on March to May 2017, served as  acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs after the rejection of Perfecto Yasay Jr.'s ad-interim appointment by the Commission on Appointments. In August 2018, Manalo was appointed by President Duterte as the Ambassador of the Philippines to Germany and in February 2020, as the 21st Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City, a post that had been left vacant since October 2018 after former Permanent Representative Teodoro Locsin Jr.'s departure to become the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on March 4. Awards and recognition. Honors  and titles conferred on Ambassador Manalo in recognition of his exceptional and distinguished service to the Republic of the Philippines include: Personal life. Manalo is married to Pamela Louise Hunt-Manalo. They have two sons.