| Leloy Claudio | |
| Birth Name: | Lisandro Elias Estrada Claudio |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Manila, Philippines |
| Occupation: | Professor, academic, author, political analyst |
| Nationality: |  Philippines |
| Citizenship: | Filipino |
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| Notable Works: | "Taming People's Power: The EDSA Revolutions and Their Contradictions" (2013) |
| Awards: | Philippine National Book Award (2014) |
| Website: | Web site: Lisandro Claudio. |
Lisandro Elias "Leloy" Estrada Claudio is a Filipino professor, academic and an author. He is currently an assistant professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California Berkeley.
Claudio is the son of Dr. Rafael Claudio, a twin brother of former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s Political Adviser Gabriel Claudio, and Sylvia Estrada Claudio. He has two brothers, Basil Claudio and Redd Claudio. His maternal grandfather is Horacio Estrada, and his maternal grandmother is Rita Maurat Domingo Estrada.
Claudio earned his Bachelor of Arts (AB) degree in Communication from Ateneo de Manila University in 2007, graduating as Class Valedictorian and Magna Cum Laude. He later obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Asian History from the University of Melbourne in 2011.
Claudio worked as an academic at Ateneo de Manila University,[1] [2] and later with De La Salle University. Claudio also writes for some websites like newmandala.org.[3] Claudio authored Basagan Ng Trip, which tackles some issues of the Philippine society.[4]
In 2013, he criticized then-Senator Tito Sotto for plagiarizing Robert F. Kennedy’s “Day of Affirmation” speech in South Africa in 1966 on a privilege speech translated to Tagalog language. With Miguel Syjuco, a writer, they challenged Sotto to a debate about reproductive health law, a top issue that year, which the latter refused.[5] Sotto is known for being an opposition to reproductive health laws.[6]
When he was teaching at the University of California Berkeley, there is a petition to the university against his hiring, stating that the petitioner claims that he red-tagging identifies organizations, leaders, students, and activists, which is unproven.[7]
Claudio believes that Ninoy Aquino, a senator and the lead figure of the opposition against Ferdinand Marcos was having a collaboration with the New People's Army, so Aquino will be the leader of the revolution and to reach his ambition to be the President of the Philippines.[8]