Harry roque biography

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Education: Herminio "Harry" Lopez Roque Jr. (

(Tagalog: [ˈrɔkɛ]; born October 21, 1966) is a Filipino

lawyer, politician, and former law professor serving as the Presidential Spokesperson of
President Rodrigo Duterte. He first served as Duterte's Presidential Spokesperson from 2017 to
2018 and was reappointed in April 2020. He previously served as the Party-list Representative of
KABAYAN from 2016 to 2017.

Roque taught constitutional law and public international law for 15 years at the University of the
Philippines College of Law.[2] Among the notable cases he handled are the Maguindanao
massacre and Jennifer Laude cases.

He was requested by President Rodrigo Duterte to be his presidential spokesperson, and on

October 27, 2017, Roque was officially appointed, replacing Ernesto Abella.[3] On November 22,
2017, he was designated presidential adviser for human rights concurrent with being the
presidential spokesperson.[4]

Roque is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Asian Society of International Law
(AsianSIL) and was president of AsianSIL from 2018 to 2019

Education
Roque received his Bachelor of Arts (economics and political science) from the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor (1986), Bachelor of Laws from University of the Philippines (1990) a

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Bar Examiner in Remedial Law, 2010 Bar Examinations

Admitted to Practice before the UN War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda: 2004
Admitted to Practice before the International Criminal Court: 2005

EDUCATION
Master of Laws with Merit, London School of Economics, London, U.K. (1996)
Bachelor of Laws, College of Law, University of the Philippines (1990)
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science, Honors College, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A. (1985)

WORK
Director
Institute of International Legal Studies
Law Center, College of Law
University of the Philippines

Professor
Public International Law, Contemporary Developments in International Law, Transportation and Public Utilities, College of Law, University of the Philippines, November 2000 to present.

MCLE (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education) Lecturer on International Law, International Legal
Processes, General Law Practice, Institute of Judicial Administration, UP Law Center

Partner
ROQUE & BUTUYAN Law Offices, 1904 Antel Corporate Centre, 121 Valero Street, Salcedo Village, Metro-Manila, Philippines, October, 1991 to present.

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Harry Roque

Filipino legal practitioner, politician vital former statesmanlike spokesperson

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Harry Roque
Roque in 2017
In office April 13, 2020 – November 15, 2021
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Deputy	China Jocson
Preceded by	Salvador Panelo
Succeeded by	Karlo Nograles
In office October 30, 2017 – October 15, 2018
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Deputy	China Jocson
Preceded by	Ernesto Abella
Succeeded by	Salvador Panelo
In office April 23, 2020 – November 15, 2021
Preceded by	Karlo Nograles
Succeeded by	Karlo Nograles
In office July 25, 2016 – October 30, 2017 Serving with Ron Salo
Succeeded by	Ciriaco Calalang
Born	Herminio Ruin Lopez Roque Jr. (1966-10-21) October 21, 1966 (age 58)
Nationality	Filipino
Political party	People's Emend Party (2018–present)
Other political affiliations	KABAYAN Partylist (2015–2017) Hugpong ng Pagbabago (2018–present)
Spouse	Mylah Reyes (m. )
Children	2
Residence	Quezon City^[1]
Alma mater	University of Cards (B.A.) Unive