Dr. Jose Abueva was an elected member of the controversial 1971Constitutional Convention, and had since been a staunch advocate of constitutional reforms.
Abueva was president of the University of the Philippines (UP)from 1987 to 1993. In 1962, he was one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in the Philippines. Also the early sixties, he became a leading force behind the creation of what is now the National College of Public Administration and Governance in UP. He was formerly executive director of the Legislative-Executive Local Government Reform Commission and Chairman of the Legislative-Executive Council that drew up the conversion program for military bases. Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed him chairperson of the consultative Constitutional Commission of the Philippines.
Professor Abueva has also written and edited a number of books. He chairs the advisory board of the Citizens Movement for a Free Philippines. He forms the team of analysts of Pulse Asia, a public opinion polling body in the Philippines.
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