Chair: Dean Marvic MVF Leonen
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Panel Chair Dean Marvic MVF Leonen is the Dean of the University of the Philippines-College of Law. Last July 19, 2010, Dean Leonen was designated by President Benigno Simeon Aquino III as the panel chair for the Government Negotiating Panels for Talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Dean Leonen is expert in the fields of Constitutional Law, Agrarian Reform Law, Philippines Indigenous Law and Civil Procedure. He served as a regular faculty of the UP College of Law since 1989. His advocacy extends to areas of human rights, agrarian reform, ancestral domain and health. Apart from his active engagements in the field of law, he also served as the Vice-President for Legal Affairs and University General Counsel of the UP System.
He obtained his AB Economics (magna cumlaude) and Law Degree from UP and his Master of Laws from the College of Law of Columbia University in New York.
Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer
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The sole woman in the panel is professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Her areas of specialization are peace and conflict studies, human rights, and international humanitarian law, and comparative politics of Southeast Asia. Professor Ferrer was one of the 27 Filipina nominees to the 1000 Women for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominations. She has written several books, and journal articles on peace process, civil society, and regional autonomy. Before joining the government panel, Ferrer was involved in various national and global peace campaigns and had served as visiting professor in several Asian universities.
Secretary Senen Bacani
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Senen Bacani served as the Agriculture Secretary from 1990-1992, during the administration of Corazon Aquino. During his term, he was hailed as the Most Outstanding Cabinet Member by the Philippine Senate. Among his notable awards are the Benedictine Centennial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Agriculture (1995), Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2006), La Sallian Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship (2008) and the 1
st Ramon V. del Rosario Sr. Award for Nation Building.
Mayor Ramon Piang Sr.
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Mayor Ramon Piang belongs to the Teduray tribe and has been active in the advancement of the rights of the indigenous peoples. He has served as the Mayor of Upi for three terms and has served as the Vice Mayor of the same town in June 2010. In April 2011, he again became the Mayor of Upi.
Mayor Piang was one of the Ten Outstanding Mayors in 2003 and was named the Most Exemplary Individual by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation 3rd Triennial Award in 2006. He has likewise paved the way for Upi to receive the following accolades: Kaagapay Seal of Excellence in Local Governments (2004), Gawad Galing Pook Award for Tri-people Way of Conflict Resolution (2004), Most Outstanding LGU for Bantugan (2010).
* The profile was distributed during the 2nd National Solidarity Conference on Mindanao 2011.
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