Harry Roque | |
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![]() Roque in 2023 | |
Presidential Spokesperson | |
In office April 13, 2020 – November 15, 2021 | |
President | Rodrigo Duterte |
Deputy | China Jocson |
Preceded by | Salvador Panelo |
Succeeded by | Karlo Nograles |
In office October 30, 2017 – October 15, 2018 | |
President | Rodrigo Duterte |
Deputy | China Jocson |
Preceded by | Ernesto Abella |
Succeeded by | Salvador Panelo |
IATF-EID Spokesperson | |
In office April 23, 2020 – November 15, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Karlo Nograles |
Succeeded by | Karlo Nograles |
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Kabayan party-list | |
In office July 25, 2016 – October 30, 2017 | |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | Ciriaco Calalang |
Personal details | |
Born | Herminio Lopez Roque Jr. October 21, 1966 |
Nationality | Filipino |
Political party | PRP (2018–present) |
Other political affiliations | KABAYAN Partylist (2015–2017) Hugpong ng Pagbabago (2018–present) |
Spouse |
Mylah Reyes-Roque (m. 1999) |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Quezon City[1] |
Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.A.) University of the Philippines Diliman (LL.B.) London School of Economics (LL.M.) |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Herminio "Harry" Lopez Roque Jr. (Tagalog: [ˈrɔkɛ]; born October 21, 1966) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and former law professor. He served as the presidential spokesperson of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2017 to 2018 and from 2020 to 2021. He was the party-list representative of KABAYAN from 2016 to 2017.
Roque taught constitutional law and public international law for 15 years at the University of the Philippines College of Law.[2] In his law practice, he notably represented the victims of the Maguindanao massacre and the family of Jennifer Laude, a trans woman killed by a U.S. Marine.
Roque was requested by President Rodrigo Duterte to be his presidential spokesperson, and on October 27, 2017, Roque was officially appointed, replacing Ernesto Abella.[3] On November 22, 2017, he was designated presidential adviser for human rights concurrent with being the presidential spokesperson.[4]
Roque is a member of the Advisory Council of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) and was president of AsianSIL from 2018 to 2019.[5]
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