Post: | President |
Body: | the University of the Philippines |
Incumbent: | Angelo Jimenez |
Termlength: | Six years, non-renewable |
Formation: | 1911 |
First: | Murray S. Bartlett |
Status: | Chief Administrator |
Appointer: | Board of Regents |
Department: | University of the Philippines |
Insigniasize: | 125 |
Seat: | Quezon City, Philippines |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the University of the Philippines |
Incumbentsince: | February 10, 2023 |
Flagsize: | 130 |
Flagcaption: | University Seal |
The president of the University of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is the chief administrator and principal executive officer of the University of the Philippines. The president is elected for a single six-year term by the University's eleven-member Board of Regents (BOR).[1] (Before the passage of RA 9500, there were 12 members in the BOR). As of 2023, two Americans and 20 Filipinos have served as President of the University of the Philippines.
Lawyer and former Regent Angelo Jimenez is the current President, having assumed office on February 10, 2023.
Presidents of the University of the Philippines | ||
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Murray S. Bartlett | 1911–1915 | |
1915–1921 | ||
Guy Potter Wharton Benton | 1921–1925 | |
1925–1934 | ||
Jorge Bocobo | 1934–1939 | |
Bienvenido Ma. Gonzalez | 1939–1943, 1945–1951 | |
Antonio Sison | 1943–1945 | |
Vidal A. Tan | 1951–1956 | |
Enrique T. Virata | 1956–1958 | |
Vicente G. Sinco | 1958–1962 | |
1962–1968 | ||
1969–1975 | ||
1975–1979 | ||
1979–1981 | ||
1981–1987 | ||
1987–1993 | ||
1993–1999 | ||
1999–2005 | ||
2005–2011 | ||
2011–2017 | ||
2017–2023 | ||
Angelo Jimenez[2] | 2023–present |