Roy Señeres
Roy Villareal Señeres (born July 6, 1947 in Mambusao , † February 8, 2016 in Taguig City ) was a Filipino politician and diplomat who wanted to run for the Workers 'and Peasants' Party ( Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka ) in the presidential election of his home country in 2016 , however, died about three months before the election.
Señeres spent his childhood and youth in Butuan before earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1967 from the privately run University of Santo Tomas and in 1971 a Bachelor of Laws from the privately run Roman Catholic San Beda College. He subsequently worked as a lawyer and between 1994 and 1998 served as the Philippines' ambassador to the United Arab Emirates , an important destination for Filipino labor migrants .
He withdrew his application for the office of President of the Philippines, announced in 2015, on February 5, 2016, because his protracted diabetes was causing increasingly severe health problems.
A few days after retiring from the election campaign, Señeres suffered cardiac arrest due to diabetes . The father of six died on February 8, 2016 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig.
Individual evidence
- ^ Philippine Daily Inquirer : Roy V. Señeres: The envoy is a 'coffee magnate'. March 31, 2012. Accessed May 11, 2016. (English)
- ^ Philippine Daily Inquirer : Roy Señeres withdraws from presidential race. February 5, 2016. Accessed May 11, 2016. (English)
- ^ Sun.Star Manila: Presidential bet Roy Señeres passes away. February 8, 2016. Accessed May 11, 2016. (English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Señeres, Roy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Señeres, Roy Villareal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino lawyer, politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mambusao |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 2016 |
| Place of death | Taguig City |