Fortunato de la Peña
Fortunato de la Peña | |
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De la Peña in 2018 | |
| Secretary of Science and Technology | |
| In office June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Mario Montejo |
| Succeeded by | Renato Solidum Jr. |
| Undersecretary for Science and Technology Services of the Department of Science and Technology | |
| In office 2001–2014 | |
| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fortunato Tanseco de la Peña November 12, 1949 Bulakan, Bulacan, Philippines |
| Spouse | Mariquit Tablan Banzon |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman New York University Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Profession | Engineer, professor, civil servant |
| Scientific career | |
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Fortunato "Boy" Tanseco de la Peña (born November 12, 1949) is a Filipino engineer and professor who served as the Secretary of Science and Technology in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2022. Before he assumed leadership of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), he was the Undersecretary for Scientific and Technological Services from 2001 to 2014. Except for his brief retirement from 2014 to 2016, he has been with the department since 1982.
De la Peña has also served as the president of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology (PhilAAST) and is also a former chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development.