death_date children nationality birth_date birthname term_end restingplace alma_mater death_place term_start spouse image name otherparty occupation predecessor restingplacecoordinates birth_place president party office successor religion article_title
14 december 2003 luis felix , dionisio and susan , blas jr. , raul , dalisay , filipino 3 february 1927 blas fajardo ople june 14 , 2003 july 16 , 2002 1986 march 25 29 , 1986 served with : jesus s. hipolito rogaciano m. , mercado teodulo c. natividad june 5 , 1984 1999 june 30 , 2001 december libingan ng mga bayani manuel l. quezon university taoyuan county -lrb- now taoyuan city -rrb- , taiwan october 16 , 2002 june 30 , 1992 1967 june 30 10 , 1984 june 12 , 1978 , 1996 july 12 , 2000 july susana ople ople2.png blas f. ople kilusang bagong lipunan journalist ; politician marcelo macapagal arroyo -lrb- acting -rrb- emilio espinosa , jr. . fernan leticia ramos shahani john henry osmeña gloria 14 31 16 n 121 2 34 e inline hagonoy , bulacan , philippines fidel gloria macapagal-arroyo v. ramos joseph estrada joseph estrada gloria macapagal-arroyo laban ng demokratikong pilipino 17th of the philippines secretary of foreign affairs senator of the and philippines philippine secretary/minister of labor mambabatas pambansa -lrb- assemblyman -rrb- 19th from bulacan mambabatas pambansa -lrb- assemblyman -rrb- from central luzon president pro tempore of the senate franklin -lrb- acting -rrb- augusto sanchez drilon john henry osmeña manuel villar franklin ebdalin roman catholicism blas ople

blas ople

blas fajardo ople -lrb- ; february 3 , 1927 -- december 14 , 2003 -rrb- was a filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the philippine government , including as senate president from 1999 to 2000 , and as secretary of foreign affairs from 2002 until his death .
perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service , ople was , in his final years , a vocal supporter for allowing a limited united states military presence in the philippines , and for american initiatives in the war on terror including the 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq .
ople 's most enduring role was his nineteen years as secretary -lrb- later minister -rrb- of labor and employment during the administration of president ferdinand marcos , when philippine labor laws were overhauled through the enactment of the labor code of the philippines that he had helped author .
