Alfonso Yuchengco Biography
Alfonso Yuchengco was a Filipino accountant, industrialist, businessman, educator, and diplomat.
He headed the Yuchengco Group of Companies, one of the largest family-owned business conglomerates in the Philippines.
Alfonso Yuchengco Born | Death
Yuchenglo was born on 6 February 1923 in Manila Philippine Islands and died on April 15, 2017, at the age of 94.
Alfonso Yuchengco Marriage | Children
He married Paz Sycip Teresita Gomez. The two couple had 9 children.
Alfonso Yuchengco Education
Yuchengco held a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, major in Accountancy, from the Far Eastern University. He took and passed the licensure examinations for certified public accountants.
Alfonso Yuchengco Career
Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mapua Institute of Technology, a top-performing engineering school in the country. He was also the Chairman of the Malayan Colleges Laguna, and Malayan High School of Science, an innovative science high school.
He had been a member of the Board of Advisors of the Columbia Business School, one of the leading business school in the world.
Yuchengco had been the Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (A.E.P.).
He had also served as Presidential Adviser on Foreign Affairs in 2004; Presidential Assistant on APEC Matters in 1998; Philippine Ambassador to Japan in 1995; Philippine Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1986 to 1988; and Presidential Special Envoy to Greater China, Japan, and Korea.
In 2005, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Yuchengco to the Consultative Commission for Charter Change, a special body tasked to review and recommend changes to the 1987 Constitution.
Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Board of Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation. He was also the Chair Emeritus and Member of the Board of Governors of the Philippine Ambassadors Foundation; and Chair Emeritus and Past President of the Philippine Ambassadors Association.
He was a member of the Board of Judges and a Principal Sponsor in the Mother Teresa Awards.
He established a generous grant at the University of San Francisco to create the Maria Elena G. Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program.
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