Abdullah Mama-o
Mama-o in 2020
Secretary of Migrant Workers
Ad interim
In office
March 9, 2022 – June 30, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySusan Ople

Abdullah Derupong Mama-o is a Filipino government official who served as the ad interim Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers under the Duterte administration.[1]

Education

Mama-o attended the San Beda College and graduated from the school in 1972.[2][3]

Career

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Mama-o as the presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers first tasking him of overseeing the repatriation of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia who were affected by a financial crisis.[3]

He would be appointed as special envoy to Kuwait amidst the 2018 Kuwait–Philippines diplomatic crisis.[4]

In 2018, Duterte formed a task force, which Mama-o was made a member of, as part of a bid to free Filipinos who were kidnapped by armed militants in Libya.[5] In 2019, Mama-o helped facilitate the return of seven Filipinos in Libya who were accused of smuggling fuel.[6][7]

President Duterte would appoint Mama-o as the first secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in March 9, 2022.[1][8] However the department is in a transition period and is expected to be fully operational by 2023.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Galvez, Daphne (March 9, 2022). "Duterte picks Abdullah Mama-o to lead new Department of Migrant Workers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Mamao gives orders as secretary, but migrant workers' agency yet to be set up". Rappler. April 8, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Rody appoints classmate presidential adviser on OFWs". The Philippine Star. August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "Abdullah Mama-o new special envoy to Kuwait". CNN Philippines. May 8, 2018. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Cabinet members dispatched to Libya". Tempo. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "7 detained Filipino seafarers in Libya homeward bound". Philippine News Agency. March 11, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Assad, Abdulkader (March 11, 2019). "Seven Filipino sailors leave Libya after being freed of fuel smuggling charges". The Libya Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  8. ^ "Duterte taps Abdullah Mama-o to head new Department of Migrant Workers". ABS-CBN News. March 9, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  9. ^ Domingo, Katrina (May 20, 2022). "Migrant workers' group urges Marcos to keep Mama-o as OFW dept secretary". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
Political offices New office Secretary of Migrant WorkersAd interim 2022 Succeeded bySusan Ople
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