Igor Bailen
Igor G. Bailen | |
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| Born | Igor Garlit Bailen September 4, 1972 Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman, American University |
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| Awards | Gawad Mabini rank of Grand Cross (GCrM) - Dakilang Kamanong |
Igor Garlit Bailen, born 4 September 1972 in Quezon City, Philippines, is a Filipino career diplomat. [1][2] [3]
He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs after placing first in the Foreign Service Officers Examinations in 1997.[4]
Early life and education
Igor Garlit Bailen was born in Quezon City, Philippines. He attended the University of the Philippines Integrated School.
He obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1998.
He obtained a Master of Laws degree (International Legal Studies) from the American University in Washington DC as a Fulbright Scholar.
Career
At the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bailen held the positions of Assistant Secretary of the Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs[5] and concurrently as Assistant Secretary of the Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office.
As a junior diplomat, he was Director of the Office of United Nations and other International Organizations, as well as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Administration, and Secretary of the Board of Foreign Service Administration.
In the foreign service, he was the Minister and Legal Adviser (Sixth Committee) at the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. He was also Consul at the Philippine Embassy in Paris, where he was later the Deputy Permanent Delegate of the Philippines to UNESCO.
He currently serves as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation[6] [7]. He also serves as non-resident ambassador to Armenia[8], Belarus[9], and Kazakhstan [10].
References
- ^ Philippine Embassy in Moscow websitehttps://moscowpe.dfa.gov.ph/
- ^ ROSCONGRESS https://roscongress.org/speakers/baylen-igor/biography/
- ^ Russian Federation Department of State Protocol https://dgp.mid.ru/currentinfo/embassy/PHL/
- ^ Philippine Embassy in Moscow About Page https://moscowpe.dfa.gov.ph/about-us/about-embassy/ambassador
- ^ DFA gave input on effects of ending VFA but decision had already been made, exec says https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/02/20/1994715/dfa-gave-input-effects-ending-vfa-decision-had-already-been-made-exec-says
- ^ Presentation of Credentials to President Vladimir V. Putin https://moscowpe.dfa.gov.ph/bulletin-board/press-releases/817-ph-envoy-presents-credentials-to-russian-deputy-foreign-minister-morgulov-2
- ^ Presentation of foreign ambassadors' letters of credence Президент России http://en.kremlin.ru › events › president › news
- ^ Presentation of credentials to Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan https://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2022/09/02/President-Vahagn-Khachaturyan-received-newly-appointed-Ambassador-of-Philipnes/
- ^ Presentation of credentials to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko https://belarus24.by/en/news/president/a-lukashenko-accepted-credentials-of-nine-ambassadors/
- ^ Presentation of credentials to Kazakhstani president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev https://www.akorda.kz/en/president-kassym-jomart-tokayev-received-credentials-from-foreign-ambassadors-304456