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{{infobox person
| name = Rafael M. Salas
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|8|7}}
| birth_place = [[Bago, Negros Occidental|Bago]], Negros Occidental, [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|3|43|1928|8|7}}
| death_place = Washington D.C., United States
| nationality = Filipino
| occupation = Businessman
| known_for = Founding executive director of United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA)<ref name="pna1">{{cite news |last1=Cudis |first1=Christine |title=Introducing 'Mr. Population' to young Filipinos |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1077577 |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=www.pna.gov.ph |date=12 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
| alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] <br /> [[Harvard University]]
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'''Rafael Montinola Salas''' (August 7, 1928 – March 43, 1987) was a Filipino, the first head of the [[United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA). His tenure started at the agency's inception in 1969 and ended with his sudden death in 1987. Prior to accepting the UN post, Salas served as executive16th Executive secretarySecretary to Philippine President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] until a falling-out on policy differences prompted his resignation from the Marcos government in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-03-05 |title=Rafael M. Salas Dies at Age 58; Headed U.N. Population Agency |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/05/obituaries/rafael-m-salas-dies-at-age-58-headed-un-population-agency.html |access-date=2021-11-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
==Early life==
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As a UN official, he was well respected as a morally upright leader (3) and for his dedication to the advancement of the UN population programs. An article entitled "Knowing the Man and the Award" and published by the Commission on Population of the Philippines (POPCOM) cited Salas as "widely known as 'Mr. Population' in the international population community. He brought together more developed and less developed countries, helping them to become aware of the extent to which they share an interest in population and development." (1) For his contributions to the global understanding of population, Salas received 30 honorary degrees, honorary professorships, and academic awards from higher academic institutions in 25 countries.(3)
 
Besides his role as international public servant, Salas was also a poet and author. He contributed articles to international magazines and newspapers drawing on his writing skills as past editor of the Philippine Law Journal. He died on March 43, 1987, in Washington, DC<ref name="estimo1ManStan">{{cite news |last1title=Estimo,A Jr.Teary |first1=RodolfoWelcome C. |title=ReimaginingFor PaengRafael Salas |url=https://mbbooks.google.com/books?id=rGwVAAAAIBAJ&dq=Rafael+M.ph/2021/08/12/reimagining-paeng-salas/+Salas+died&pg=PA3&article_id=4794,2281075 |access-date=184 JanuaryMarch 20222024 |work=Manila BulletinStandard |date=1213 AugustMarch 20211987}}</ref> from an apparent heart attack as he prepared to return to the Philippines shortly after the restoration of democracy in the [[People Power Revolution|People Power Revolution of 1986]] that swept Marcos out of power. It was speculated at the time of his death that Salas would make a run for the presidency of the Philippines.
 
==Special citations==
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*[[Moscow State University]], 1982
*United Nations, delegate to the General Assembly, 1968
*Vice-Presidentpresident of International Conference on Human Rights, 1968
*Senior Consultant to Administrator of Development Programme, 1969
*Assistant Secretary General, 1971–72
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