Enrique Manalo
Enrique Manalo | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 22nd & 24th Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office September 9, 2025 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Antonio Manuel Lagdameo |
| In office February 28, 2020 – July 1, 2022 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Teodoro Locsin Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Manuel Lagdameo |
| 28th Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office July 1, 2022 – July 1, 2025 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Teodoro Locsin Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Tess Lazaro |
| Acting March 9, 2017 – May 17, 2017 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Perfecto Yasay Jr. (ad interim) |
| Succeeded by | Alan Peter Cayetano |
| Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office April 30, 2016 – February 28, 2020 | |
| President | Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte |
| Ambassador of the Philippines to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| President | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by | Antonio Manuel Lagdameo |
| Succeeded by | Evan Garcia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Enrique Austria Manalo July 21, 1952 |
| Spouse | Pamela Louise Hunt |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman (BEcon, M.Ec) |
Enrique Austria Manalo (born July 21, 1952) is a Filipino diplomat serving as the 21st permanent representative of the Philippines to the United Nations since 2025, a role he previously held from 2020 to 2022. He also served as the 28th secretary of foreign affairs from 2022 to 2025 and held the role in an acting capacity from March to May 2017, under the Duterte administration.
A graduate of the University of the Philippines, Manalo entered the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in 1979 and served in various senior roles and ambassadorships throughout his tenure in the agency. He served as an undersecretary for policy from 2007 to 2010 and returned to the role in 2016, serving until 2020. In 2017, Manalo briefly served as the acting foreign affairs secretary after the Commission on Appointments rejected the appointment of Perfecto Yasay Jr. over citizenship issues. In 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed him as the permanent representative of the Philippines to the UN, a role he would hold for the rest of Duterte's presidency.
In July 2022, President Bongbong Marcos appointed him as foreign affairs secretary. During a cabinet reshuffle in May 2025, Marcos reassigned Manalo back to his former role as permanent representative to the UN, succeeding Antonio Manuel Lagdameo.