Abdullah Mama-o

Abdullah Derupong Mama-o is a Filipino government official who served as the ad interim Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers under the Duterte administration.[1]

Abdullah Mama-o
Mama-o in 2020
Secretary of Migrant Workers
Ad interim
In office
March 9, 2022 – June 30, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySusan Ople

Education

Mama-o attended the San Beda College and graduated from the school in 1972.[2][3]

Career

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Mama-o as the presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers first tasking him of overseeing the repatriation of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia who were affected by a financial crisis.[3]

He would be appointed as special envoy to Kuwait amidst the 2018 Kuwait–Philippines diplomatic crisis.[4]

In 2018, Duterte formed a task force, which Mama-o was made a member of, as part of a bid to free Filipinos who were kidnapped by armed militants in Libya.[5] In 2019, Mama-o helped facilitate the return of seven Filipinos in Libya who were accused of smuggling fuel.[6][7]

President Duterte would appoint Mama-o as the first secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in March 9, 2022.[1][8] However the department is in a transition period and is expected to be fully operational by 2023.[9]

References
  1. Galvez, Daphne (March 9, 2022). "Duterte picks Abdullah Mama-o to lead new Department of Migrant Workers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. "Mamao gives orders as secretary, but migrant workers' agency yet to be set up". Rappler. April 8, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. "Rody appoints classmate presidential adviser on OFWs". The Philippine Star. August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. "Abdullah Mama-o new special envoy to Kuwait". CNN Philippines. May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. "Cabinet members dispatched to Libya". Tempo. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  6. "7 detained Filipino seafarers in Libya homeward bound". Philippine News Agency. March 11, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  7. Assad, Abdulkader (March 11, 2019). "Seven Filipino sailors leave Libya after being freed of fuel smuggling charges". The Libya Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  8. "Duterte taps Abdullah Mama-o to head new Department of Migrant Workers". ABS-CBN News. March 9, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  9. Domingo, Katrina (May 20, 2022). "Migrant workers' group urges Marcos to keep Mama-o as OFW dept secretary". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
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