Ambassador JOSE S. BRILLANTES´s appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Philippines to Canada marks a return to Ottawa for Ambassador Jose S. Brillantes, having served in Ottawa while with the Department of Labor and Employment.Ambassador Brillantes was also Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia from 1996 to 2002, and had served in various capacities in Philippine diplomatic missions in Ottawa, in Germany, in Washington D.C.

His professional career covers extensive exposure in politics, law, legislation, public and interpersonal relations, and national and international diplomacy. A lawyer by profession, Ambassador Brillantes was a consistent honor student and was atop graduate of the Ateneo de Manila College of Law, where he was Presidenmt of the Ateneo Law Student Council and Editor of the Ateneo Law Journal. He was one of the topnotchers in the Philippine Bar examinations of 1960. He did graduate work in public administration at the Carleton University in Ottawa and has a Doctor of Laws degree from Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan City.

He practised law for 11 years and was twice elected as councilor to Manilas City Council. He also served as Technical Assistant of the Commission on Elections in the Philippines.

During his tenure as the Philippines envoy to Canada, Ambassador Brillantes intends to build on the harmonious relations between the Philippines and Canada, hand in hand with the ever-supportive and cooperative Filipino-Canadian community.

FORMER PHILIPPINE AMBASSADORS TO CANADA

1. H.E. Privado G. Jimenez

   1971 to 1978

2. H.E. Ramon V. Del Rosario

   1978 to 1984

3. H.E. Gregorio G. Abad

   1984 to 1985

4. H.E. Sergio A. Barrera

   1986 to 1988

5. H.E. Ramon A. Diaz

   1989 to 1992

6. H.E. Pacifico A. Castro

   1993 to 1996

7. H.E. Raul I. Goco

   1997 to 1998

8. H.E. Francisco L. Benedicto

   1998 to 2005

9. H.E. Jose S. Brillantes

   2005 to Present

Directory of Embassy Personnel

• Jose S. Brillantes

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• Joseph Gerard B. Angeles

  Minister and Consul General

• Shirley E. Banquicio

  First Secretary and Consul

• Eloy Luis B. Bello

  Second Secretary and Consul

• Yolanda S. Ofiana

  Attachè (Administrative)

• Edna L. Pataunia

  Attaché (Cultural)

• Alvar E. Rosales

  Attachè (Finance)

• Mario S. Masangkay

  Attachè (Consular Assistant for ATN)

• Romeo M. Merjudio

  Attachè (Protocol and Communications)

• Merlita B. Halili

  Attachè (Property and Consular Assistant)

• Zenia Madonna M. Clemente

  Attachè (Secretary to the Ambassador)

• Adelio A. Rivera

  Clerk, General Utilityman and Alternate Driver

• Josephine L. Gonato

  Local Hire Clerk/Consular Assistant

• Fernando O. Cervantes

  Local Hire Driver/General Utilityman