ATTY. ROQUE R. ABLAN, JR.

Former
Congressman
1st District, Ilocos Norte

PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Gov. Roque B. Ablan, Sr. ()

Doa Manuela R. Ablan ()
April 22, 1932
Laoag City
Victoria Ablan

WORK EXPERIENCE
Positions Held
Congressional Adviser and Consultant
House of Representatives
1998-June 30, 2001
Senior Board Member (Chairman of the League of Board Members)
1963-1967
Representative
1st District, Ilocos Norte
Congress of the Philippines
1967-1969
- 6th Congress
1969-1973
- 7th Congress
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1987.1992 - 8 Congress
1992.1995 - 9th Congress
1995.1998 -10th Congress
Chairman, Committee on Housing
Chairman, Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations
Vice-Chairman, Committee on National Defense
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Good Government
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Labor and Employment
2001.2004
-12th Congress
Chairman, Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations &
Diplomacy
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Dangerous Drugs
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Transportation & Communications
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2004 - 2007
-13th Congress
Chairman, Committee on Dangerous Drugs
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations &
Diplomacy
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Transportation & Communications
2007 2010
- 14th Congress
Chairman, Committee on Dangerous Drugs
House Panel, Congressional Oversight Committee On
Dangerous Drugs
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations and
Diplomacy
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Transportation and
Communications
Committee Membership
Committee On Accounts
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Amendments
Committee On Banks And Financial Intermediaries
Committee On Ecology
Committee On Energy
Committee On Games And Amusements
Committee On Good Government
Committee On Health
Committee On Justice
Committee On Labor And Employment
Committee On Legislative Franchises
Committee On National Defense
Committee On Natural Resources
Committee On Public Order And Security
Committee On Revision Of Laws
Committee On Tourism
Committee On Ways And Means
Special Committee On The Northwest Luzon Growth Quadrangle
Member

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Commission on Appointment
1987-1992
Committee on Accounts
2001-present,
Committee on Appropriations
1987-1998; 2001-present
Committee on Games & Amusements
2001-present
Committee on Good Government
2001-present
Committee on Health

2001-present
Committee on Justice
2001-present
Committee on Labor & Employment
2001-present
Committee on National Defense
1987-1998; 2001-present
Committee on Public Order and Security
1987-1998; 2001-present
Committee on Banks & Financial Intermediaries
2001-present
Committee on Tourism
1987-1998
Special Committee on the Northwest Luzon Growth
Quadrangle
2001-present

Awards
Holder of Airborne Wings
1. Armed Forces of the Philippines
2. United States Army Special Forces
3. Armed Forces Republic of South Vietnam
4. Special Forces Israel Airborne
5. Republic of China
Decorations
Colonel, PAF
1st AIR DIV. CMDR, AIR RES. COM.
1992-1995
4 Triple M PHILCAG CAMPAIGN
Mindanao Campaign
Military Medal - Armed Forces Bravery in Combat - ARVN
Special Decoration - Defense of Hoc Man Bridge, South Vietnam
Government Positions Held
1. Special Envoy of the President of the Philippines - 1983-1986
2. Acting Governor, Province of Ilocos Norte - January-April, 1986
3. Acting Governor, Province of Ilocos Norte - 1984
4. Vice-Governor, Province of Ilocos Norte 1983
5. Provincial Board Member, Province of Ilocos Norte - 1963-67
6. Senior Board Member, Province of Ilocos Norte - 1980
7. SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES - 1973-1980
8. In 1969, Chairman, Committee on Housing. As Housing Chairman, he
authored one of the most important legislation which is known as the
"RENTAL LAW" which was extended 8 times and which up to now has
helped a great number of our countrymen. The law was made the basis of
other laws such as the "NEW BUILDING CODE", the "ANTI-HIJACKING
LAW", and the "EXPLOSIVES LAW". These laws composed four of the first
six Presidential Decrees released by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos after
the Martial Law regime. Likewise, he was also the principal author of the
"DEATH PENALTY LAW" and the "MAGNA CARTA OF OCWs" which
brought amendments to the FOREIGN SERVICE ACT.
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9. Director, National Shipyard Co. (NASCO) - 1966-1968

10. Director, PNR - 1966-1970
11. Director, PAL - 1966-1970
12. Director, Manila Hotel - 1966-1968
13. Chairman, League of Provincial Board Members of the Philippines - 19631967; and
14. Technical Adviser, ICOLD (International Committee on Large DAMS)
Secretary of Public Works and Communications - 1961-1965
15. Chairman, League of Provincial Board Member - 1963-1967
16. Member, Philippine Delegation, ICOLD, United Nations, Moscow - 1961
17. Legislative and Military Head of Delegation to PROC, Harbin, PROC -1962
18. International Secretariat Volunteer Services (SVS) Conference - 1962
19. Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Saigon, South Vietnam 1970
20. Member, Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Mexico 1969
21. Permanent Delegate to AIPO, 1989-1998
22. Invited by PM Hun Sen of Cambodia during the withdrawal of 100,000
Vietnamese Troops from Cambodia - 1989
Other Positions Held
1. President, East Asia Travel Association - 1969-1970
Constituting Seven ASEAN Countries
2. President, Pacific Area Travel Association, composed of 127 countries to
include the U.S., England, Germany and the USSR - 1971-1972
3. President, Philippine Tourist and Travel Association - 1968-1972.
4. Corresponding Law Offices at New York, Mexico, Sto. Domingo, Amsterdam,
Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Other Notable Achievements
1. Was a weekend soldier detailed with the 5th Special Forces of the United States of
America in Vietnam with special assignment, Philippine Civic Action Group
(PHILCAG) in South Vietnam War 1968-1975; Was also instrumental in
establishing a Medical Corps in Hoi An, Central Vietnam, to help in the
continuance of healthcare programs by the Vietnamese government;
2. The only Airborne Trained Officer in Congress (Col. Reserve Phil Air Force)
3. First Member of the Philippine Congress to fly the Russian supersonic fighterjet
SUKOI SU-29 with General Yap, PAF General Abadia and a Russian pilot;
4. Led 49 Congressmen who sponsored and flew to Hawaii for the return to the
homeland of the remains of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos;
5. Principal author of the legislation granting children born out of wedlock the legal
use of their fathers name (Republic Act 9255);
6. Co-author of the legislation allowing absentee voting for overseas Filipinos
(Republic Act 9189);
7. Co-author of legislation allowing Filipinos who acquired foreign citizenship to
retain their original Filipino citizenship;
8. Author, High Value Crops Law;
9. Co-author, increase of meal allowances and salaries of AFP personnel;
10. Co-author, increase of meal allowances and salaries of PNP personnel;
11. Responsible for the Medical Mission performed by the Association of PhilippineAmerican Physicians to the different areas of the country;
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12. Responsible for the signing of the 1972 Memorandum of Agreement which led to
the official opening of the diplomatic ties between the U.S.S.R. and the
Philippines through the established relationship between the Intourist of U.S.S.R.
and the Philippine Tourist and Travel Association (PTTA) Tourism Promotional
Arm of the Board of Travel and Tourist concerning, in particular, the exchange of
tourists.
13. Led Congressional and Navy Officials to Scarborough Shoal (Philippines
Territory) in the South China Sea and planted the Philippine Flag May 18, 1997.
14. Member of the Philippine delegation that observed the withdrawal of 100,000
Vietnamese Troops from Cambodia back to Vietnam.

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