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Franklin Drilon (born November 28, 1945) is a Filipino Politician who served as President of the Senate of the Philippines in 2000, from 2001 to 2006, and again from 2013. Drilon currently serves his third term in the Senate, and his third term as Senate President. He is also the Chairman of the Liberal Party and a Senior Counsel of the (ACCRA Law Offices ). ==Early life and career== Drilon was born on November 28, 1945 in Iloilo City, Iloilo and is the eldest son of Cesar Drilon, Sr. and Primitiva Magtunao. He took his elementary education at the Baluarte Elementary School in Molo, Iloilo, Iloilo and graduated in 1957. He finished his secondary education at the U.P. - Iloilo College (now University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo) in 1961. In college, he went to the University of the Philippines where he initially received the Bachelor of Arts in 1965. At U.P., he was the associate editor of the ''Philippine Collegian'' and served as councilor of the U.P. Student Council. Among his classmates were future politicians Miriam Defensor Santiago and Ronaldo Zamora. In 1969, he completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) at the U.P. College of Law. In the same year he took the bar examination and finished with the third highest score. In the same year, he served as an associate lawyer to the (''Sycip, Salazar, Luna, Manalo & Feliciano Law Offices'' ) (now SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan). He moved to the (Angara, Abello, Concepcion, Regala & Cruz Law Offices ) (ACCRALAW) in 1974, where he currently serves as Senior Counsel. He was elevated to ''partner'' in 1975, ''co-managing partner'' in 1981 and ''managing partner'' in 1986. He was also a Bar Examiner on Labor and Social Legislation in the 1979 and 1984 bar examinations. He also became the Vice-President and Governor of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and the Vice-President, Board Member and Treasurer of the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franklin Drilon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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