Manuel G. Collantes (August 20, 1917[1] – May 28, 2009) was a Filipino diplomat who served as the country's acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1984.[2]
Collantes was raised in Tanauan, Batangas.[2] He received his law degree from Far Eastern University in 1940, and passed the bar exam later that same year.[2] He began his career by working as an assistant attorney at the Claro M. Recto law office for a short period.[2] He also taught diplomacy and international law, as well as parliamentary practice at Far Eastern University.[2]
Collantes met his wife, Consuelo Madrigal, in Washington, D.C. in 1949 while he was working as the second secretary and consul at the Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C.[2] The couple married in the 1970s.[2] Former Senator Jamby Madrigal is his niece through his wife.[2]
Collantes held a variety of positions with the Department of Foreign Affairs during his career as a diplomat. These included Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and legal assistant secretary.[2]
Collantes was appointed acting Minister for Foreign Affairs for a short period in 1984 during the government of President Ferdinand Marcos.[2]
In 1984, he was elected as an assemblyman for the province of Batangas.[2] He also served as the director of United Pulp and Paper Company, Inc. until his death in 2009.[2]
Manuel Collantes died of cardiopulmonary arrest on May 28, 2009, at the age of 91.[2] His body lay in state at their family home in Forbes Park, Makati.[2] He was buried at the Madrigal Mausoleum in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa, following a funeral mass.[2]
^D.H. Soriano (1981). The Philippines Who's who. p. 113.
^ abcdefghijklmno"Manuel Collantes is dead; 91". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 29, 2009. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
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