Edgardo Angara

The Honorable Edgardo J. Angara
Angara in 2000
14th President of the Senate of the Philippines
In office January 18, 1993 – August 28, 1995
President	Fidel V. Ramos
Preceded by	Neptali Gonzales
Succeeded by	Neptali Gonzales
Senator of the Philippines
In office June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2013
In office June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998
32nd Executive Secretary of the Philippines
In office January 6, 2001 – January 20, 2001
President	Joseph Estrada
Preceded by	Ronaldo Zamora
Succeeded by	Renato de Villa
35th Secretary of Agriculture
In office May 25, 1999 – January 6, 2001
President	Joseph Estrada
Preceded by	William Dar
Succeeded by	Domingo F. Panganiban
Senate Minority Leader
In office August 28, 1995 – October 10, 1996
Preceded by	Wigberto Tañada
Succeeded by	Neptali Gonzales
15th President of the University of the Philippines
In office 1981–1987
Preceded by	Emanuel V. Soriano
Succeeded by	José Abueva
Personal details
Born	Edgardo Javier Angara (1934-09-24)September 24, 1934 Baler, Tayabas, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (now Baler, Aurora, Philippines)
Died	May 13, 2018(2018-05-13) (aged 83) Tagaytay, Cavite, Philippines
Political party	LDP (1992–2018)
Other political affiliations	Independent (1987–1992)
Spouse	Gloria Manalang
Children	Rosalyn "Anna" Angara Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara Alexandria "Alex" Angara-Cole Katerina "Katya" Angara
Alma mater	University of the Philippines (LL.B) University of Michigan (LL.M)
Profession	Lawyer

Edgardo Javier Angara (Tagalog pronunciation: [aŋˈɡara], September 24, 1934 – May 13, 2018)^[1][2] was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as Senate President from 1993 to 1995. Angara had the second longest tenure in the history of the Senate, serving four terms and a total of twenty-three years. As a legislator, Angara has championed numerous important laws and bills including the free high school law, the Senior Citizen discount law, and many more.

In between his Senate stints, Angara also served as Secretary of Agriculture from 1999 to 2001 and also held other government positions briefly.

Outside politics, Angara served as the President of the University of the Philippines and also established himself as one of the most important figures in the bar when he was elected president of the Philippine Bar Association, the nation's oldest voluntary bar society. In 1975, he also served as president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the country's unified association of lawyers.

His leadership was acknowledged even on a global scale. He was chosen to serve as the first president of the largest regional legal association in the world, the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) Law Association, when it was founded in 1980.

On May 17, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Angara as the special envoy of the Philippines to the European Union.^[3]