Rafael Alunan III

Rafael "Raffy" Moreno Alunan III (born May 17, 1948) is a Filipino businessman and former government official. He is a former Tourism and Interior and Local Government Secretary of the Philippines.[1]

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Moreno and the surname or paternal family name is Alunan.

Rafael Alunan III
Alunan in 2018
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
In office
July 1, 1992 – April 15, 1996
PresidentFidel V. Ramos
Preceded byCesar Sarino
Succeeded byRobert Barbers
Secretary of Tourism
In office
January 9, 1991 – February 16, 1992
PresidentCorazon Aquino
Preceded byPeter Garrucho
Succeeded byNarzalina Lim
Personal details
Born
Rafael Moreno Alunan III

(1948-05-17) May 17, 1948
Manila, Philippines
Political partyBagumbayan–VNP (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (until 2018)
SpouseElizabeth Alunan
Alma materDe La Salle University (BA, MBA)
Harvard University (MPA)

Education

Rafael Alunan III was born on May 17, 1948, in Manila and raised in Bacolod.[2] He graduated secondary school at La Salle College - Bacolod and attended De La Salle University where he graduated with bachelor's degrees in political science and business administration in 1970. He also attended the Ateneo de Manila University under its MBA Senior Executive Program from 1980 to 1981. He entered the John F. Kennedy School of Government of the Harvard University in the United States acquiring a master's degree in public administration in 1997. He also attended the Command and General Staff College of the Philippine Army in 2002.[3]

Career

Government

Rafael Alunan III served as Secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT) from January 9, 1991, to February 16, 1992, under President Corazon Aquino[4] and as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) from July 1, 1992, to April 15, 1996, under President Fidel V. Ramos.[5]

As Interior Secretary, Alunan initiated Oplan Paglalansag, a measure against private armies. Under such initiative a politician having more than two personal armed guards would be considered as having a private army and such groups should be dissolved. Oplan Paglalansag also sought the recovery of loose firearms across the country.[6] This policy would later be known as the Alunan doctrine.[7]

Alunan ran for Senator in the 2016 election and was supported by then-presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte but failed to get elected after placing 26th.[8] Duterte advised against Alunan running again in the 2019 elections and offered his appointment to the DILG as Secretary.[8]

Alunan declined and became a guest candidate of PDP-Laban, Duterte's party during the 2019 elections.[9] He ran under the Bagumbayan Party.[10] His second Senate bid also failed.

Other

Alunan was also part of the Manindigan as a trustee, an organization of academics, entrepreneurs, and professionals which launched protests against the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos in the 1980s.[1]

He also served as board chairman of the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations[11] and the independent director of Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines.[12]

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Alunan promoted ivermectin as an alternative to the COVID-19 vaccine through a post that the drug was approved only as a antinematodal agent by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration rather as a treatment for COVID-19.[13]

Personal life

Alunan is married to Elizabeth Alunan.[14]

References
  1. "Vera Files Fact Check: Duterte wrongly claims Raffy Alunan served in Marcos cabinet". Vera Files. June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  2. "Candidate's Profile: ALUNAN, Raffy | Eleksyon 2019". GMA News Online. GMA News Research. 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  3. "Alunan III, Rafael "Raffy" M. (Bagumbayan Party)". UP sa Halalan 2022. Department of Political Science of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), University of the Philippines Diliman. April 15, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  4. "Corazon C. Aquino". Presidential Museum and Library. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  5. "Fidel V. Ramos". Presidential Museum and Library. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  6. "Duterte revives Alunan doctrine on private army". ABS-CBN News. December 12, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  7. "Duterte to invoke Alunan doctrine in Halalan 2022 to curb private armies". ABS-CBN News. April 19, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  8. "'To re-introduce myself': Ex-DILG chief Alunan bares reason for Senate run". ABS-CBN News. February 14, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  9. Ramos, Christia Marie (February 24, 2019). "Ex-DILG chief Alunan is 12th pick for Duterte's Senate slate". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  10. "Get to know candidates in #TheFilipinoVotes: Senatorial Forum Part 2". CNN Philippines. January 24, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  11. Tamayo, Bernadette E. (November 18, 2021). "Bets should tackle foreign policy – Alunan". The Manila Times. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  12. "Alunan: The success of Pepsi Philippines is in Filipino endearment". Philippine Daily Inquirer. July 25, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  13. "Philippine regulators did not approve antiparasitic drug ivermectin as Covid-19 vaccine substitute". AFP Fact Check. Agence France-Presse. May 19, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  14. "The Alunan Family: Creating fun memories". The Philippine Star. December 16, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2022. ...Rafa's (Alunan) dad Raffy, mom Elizabeth...
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