| Leticia Ramos-Shahani | |
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| Senator of the Philippines | |
| In office June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998 |
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| 16th Senate President pro tempore of the Philippines | |
| In office June 1993 – October 10, 1996 |
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| President | Fidel Ramos |
| Preceded by | Teofisto Guingona, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Blas Ople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leticia V. Ramos September 30, 1929 Lingayen, Pangasinan |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Lakas Kampi CMD |
| Spouse(s) | Prof. Ranjee Shahani |
| Occupation | Professor |
Leticia Ramos-Shahani is a Philippines Senator[1] and writer. She was born on September 30, 1929 in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Her father, Narciso Ramos (1900–1986), was a lawyer, crusading journalist and 5-term legislator of the House of Representatives, who eventually rose to the position of Secretary of Foreign Affairs. As such, Narciso Ramos was the Philippine signatory to the ASEAN declaration forged in Bangkok in 1967 and was one of the founding fathers of the Liberal Party. Her mother, Angela Valdez-Ramos (1905–1977), was an educator, woman suffragette and daughter of the respected Valdez clan of Batac, Ilocos Norte making her a second degree cousin to Ferdinand Marcos.
She is the sister of Fidel V. Ramos the 12th President of the Philippines.
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Mrs Ramos-Shahani graduated elementary and secondary level at the University of the Philippines. She finished her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Wellesley College in Massachusetts and her Master's degree in Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature after defending her doctoral thesis with highest honors.
Mrs Ramos-Shahani was a former Dean of the Graduate School of Lyceum of the Philippines. She taught English Literature], French, Spanish, Comparative Literature, Humanities, Social Psychology and others. She was former member of the faculty of the University of the Philippines from 1954 to 1957, Queens Borough Community College, New York in 1961, Brooklyn College, New York in 1962 and New School for Social Research, New York from 1962 to 1967.
After passing the Philippine Service Office Examination, she held various high positions such as: she was appointed Ambassador to Australia from 1981 to 1986; Secretary-General of the World Conference on the UN Decade of Women in Nairobi, Kenya in 1985. She became the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Social and Humanitarian Affairs. Mrs Shahani left her UN post and returned to the Philippines where in 1987 she was elected a Senator and became the Deputy Minister for Philippine Affairs after 1986 EDSA Revolution rising to Senate President Pro-Tempore during her brother's presidency.
While in the Senate she was the Chairman of various committees like committee on Foreign Affairs, committee on Education, Culture and Arts, committee on Agriculture and member of the Commission on Appointments.
Senator Shahani married the late Professor Ranjee Shahani, former Indian writer with whom she has three children.