Enrique Manalo


Luis Enrique Austria Manalo 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 Jimena Austria. 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, and then served as the Special Assistant to the First Undersecretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs. From 1998 to 2000, he was the Minister Counselor of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York and thereafter, as Assistant Secretary for European Affairs. 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. After that, he was appointed Undersecretary of Policy, serving from 2007 to 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. On 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. On August 2018, Manalo was appointed by President Duterte as the Ambassador of the Philippines to Germany and on 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:
Manalo is married to Pamela Louise Hunt-Manalo. They have two sons.