The EROPA Secretariat

The Secretary General

Dr. Orlando S. Mercado is the Secretary General of EROPA.

He is a Filipino diplomat, a former Senator, and Secretary of National Defense. He is a veteran broadcaster, and professor of political science, communication, and business management.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Master of Arts in Communication, and Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science all from the University of the Philippines.

He headed the popular radio program "Radyo Patrol" of ABS-CBN from 1969 to 1971. He was detained in Fort Bonifacio for nine and a half months after President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and ordered his critics arrested. For more than three decades he produced and hosted the public service TV show "Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko" on GMA Channel 7.

Orly was elected on his first try at national politics to the First Regular Batasang Pambansa as an opposition Member of Parliament representing Quezon City. He was elected to the Senate of the Philippines in 1987 and 1992. He served two consecutive six year terms.

In 1998 he became the first civilian head of the military establishment in more than a decade. He instituted a reorganization program in the Department of National Defense to assert civilian supremacy over the military.

He exposed the corrupt practices in the administration of the armed forces pension and veterans' funds, and also introduced the first on-line electronic procurement system in the Defense Department.

In 2009, Ambassador Orlando Mercado was appointed as the first Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia.

 

 

EROPA Secretariat

  • Dr. Orlando S. Mercado
  • Secretary General
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Dr. Edna Estifania A. Co

  • Deputy Secretary General for Research and Publications
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Ms. Ma. Estrella M. Ocampo

  • Office Manager
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Mr. Prejean Prieto

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