Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes | |
Office: | Ambassador of the Philippines to Chile |
President: | Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III |
Term Start: | 1999 |
Term End: | ?? |
Office1: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Makati's at-large congressional district |
Term Start1: | June 30, 1987 |
Term End1: | June 30, 1992 |
Predecessor1: | Ruperto Gaite (as Assemblyman) |
Successor1: | Joker Arroyo |
Birth Name: | Maria Consuelo Gil Puyat |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1937 |
Birth Place: | Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
Occupation: | Politician, ambassador |
Spouse: | Gregorio Reyes |
Party: | PDP–Laban Lakas ng Bansa |
Maria Consuelo Gil Puyat-Reyes (born November 26, 1937, in Manila)[1] is a Filipino politician and diplomat. She served as ambassador of the Philippines to Chile from 1999[2] and as a congresswoman from Makati from 1987 to 1992.[3]
Puyat-Reyes is the daughter of Deogracias Puyat, a lawyer, and Patria Gil. She is the granddaughter of Pedro Gil, a diplomat and legislator from Manila. She attended St. Paul's College where she earned her bachelor's degree in education. She also has a master's degree in business economics from the Center for Research and Communication. She was married to Gregorio Reyes.
Throughout the 1980s, Puyat-Reyes headed the annual anti-tuberculosis fund campaign organized by the Philippine Tuberculosis Society.[4] In January 2000, the Makati Regional Trial Court ordered Puyat-Reyes to be arrested for failing to testify regarding the estate of her late husband. The case is about her and her stepdaughters, Christina and Rina.[5]