CA OKs appointment of new RP envoy to Hungary, promotion of 59 DFA officers

The Commission on Appointments (CA) has confirmed the appointment of Monina Estrella Callangan-Rueca as Ambassador to Hungary. An article on the Department of Foreign Affairs website said the DFA also confirmed the promotion of 59 officers during its plenary session last Wednesday. "Ambassador Callangan-Rueda will also have concurrent jurisdiction over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia and Montenegro," the DFA said in its website. Also confirmed by the CA were: * Chief of Mission, Class I Eduardo Pablo G. Maglaya Virginia H. Benavidez Luis T. Cruz Romeo L. Manalo Elizabeth P. Buensuceso * Chief of Mission, Class II Evelyn D. Austria-Garcia Meynardo L.B. Montealegre Ma. Teresa L. Taguiang Constancio R. Vingno, Jr. Amelita C. Aquino Ma. Lumen B. Isleta Alex G. Chua Joselito Jimeno Jaime Victor B. Ledda Leah B. Ruiz * Career Minister Giovanni E. Palec Rosario P. Lemque Ma. Josefina V. Ceballos Arvin R. De Leon Ma. Elena P. Algabre-Misrahi Marian Jocelyn R. Tirol-Ignacio Ezzedin H. Tago Alan L. Deniega Paul Raymund P. Cortes Raly L. Tejada Jose A. Cabrera III Marshall Louis M. Alferez Anne J. Louis Zaldy B. Patron * Foreign Service Officer, Class I Felipe F. Cariño III Renato N. Dueñas, Jr. Jose V. Jacob Ma. Theresa S.M. Lazaro Porfirio M. Mayo, Jr. Ivan Frank M. Olea Raymund G. Toledo Marie Yvette B. Abalos Iric C. Arribas Victorio Mario M. Dimagiba, Jr. Emmanuel R. Fernandez Romulo Victor M. Israel, Jr. Anthony Achilles L. Mandap Ma. Antonina Mendoza-Oblena Dinno M. Oblena Enrique Voltaire G. Pingol Rhenita B. Rodriguez Rosanna Marie Villamor-Voogel Patricia V. Barrera Adrian Elmer S. Cruz Ma. Angela A. Ponce * Foreign Service Officer, Class II Gerardo P. Abiog Jabbar M. Adiong Rodillo R. Catalan Leilani S. Feliciano Ma. Elena Cristina D. Maningat Gonaranao B. Musor Arnel G. Talisayon Joseph Anthony A. Reyes * Foreign Service Officer, Class III Cassandra Karemaeh B. Sawadjaan – Jerrie M. Abella/KBK, GMANews.TV