Office Address
MMDA Building, EDSA corner Orense St., Guadalupe, Makati City
Contact/Telephone Number
Trunk Line : 882-4151 to 77
MMDA Hotline: 136
MMDA Duty Officer: 0917-5618709
Fax: 882-0859
Email address:: email@mmda.gov.ph
Website: mmda.gov.ph
ATTY. FRANCIS N. TOLENTINO
MMDA Chairman
Education
- Doctor of Judicial Science (International Environmental Law) (Candidate, SJD) - Tulane University Law School (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
- Master of Laws (LLM) - University of London (England) Specializing n Public International Law - (with Merit) 2nd Honours)
- Master of National Security Administration (MNSA) - National Defense College of the Philippines (Ranked #6 out of 55 graduates)
- Graduate Diploma in Public Administration - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University (New York City, USA)
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Ateneo de Manila University Law School (1984)
- Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) - Ateneo de Manila University (1980)
- Appointed OIC - City Mayor, Tagaytay City (1986-1988) after EDSA I Revolution
- Elected Mayor of Tagaytay City for three (3) consecutive terms (1995-2004)
- President, League of Cities of the Philippines (2001-2004)
- Executive Vice President, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (2001-2004)
- Hague Academy of International Law (Netherlands) - 1989
- RAND Graduate School, Sta. Monica, California, USA
- General Staff Course (GSC) (one-year program) - Command and General Staff College, Philippine Army, Fort Bonifacio
- The Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C. (2004)
Legal Background
- Passed the 1984 Philippine Bar Exams with a General Average of 86.25% (with scores of 94%, 95% and 100% in Labor Laws, Taxation and Criminal Law, respectively)
- Passed the 1991 New York State Bar Exams
- Practiced law with the Fornier and Defensor Law Offices, Padilla Law Offices (of the late Justice Teodoro Padilla) and the Freeman Law Office (New York City)
- Presently, Partner, Oraa, Ruaro and Tolentino Law Offices (Manila)
- Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines
- Member, New York County Lawyers Association
- Member, American Bar Association Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Natural Resources Defense Council (New York City)
- Member, Tulane Environmental Law Society (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
- Member, American Constitution Society (Louisiana, USA)
- Member, Bipartisan Policy Center (B.P.C.) (Washington, DC, USA)
Teaching Experiences
- Ateneo de Manila Univeristy (Legal Management)
- College of the Holy Spirit (Commerce Department)
- Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence, Centro Escolar University (Manila) (at present)
Special Awards
- Conferred the University's Award of Highest Honor by the Soka University (Tokyo, Japan) (1998)
- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Reserve Officer of the Year (2001)
- Philippine Army Officer of the Year (2000)
- Most Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines - awarded several times by various organizations
Significant Speaking Engagement/Presentations Made
- World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002)
- Russia Mayor's Conference (St. Petersburg, Russia 2003)
- United States Mayor's Conference (Denver, Colorado 2003)
- Guest Speaker, South Asia Mayor's Convention (Indore, India 2002)
Others
- Founded the Association of Cities and Towns of Characters of the Philippines
- Founded the City College of Tagaytay City
- Organized the First Philippine International Conference on Anti-Terrorism (attended by various international Chiefs of Police) 3 months after the September 11, 2001 terror attack
- Holds the rank of full Colonel, Philippine Army (Reserve)
- Presently, a regular Columnist of the Manila Bulletin
- Established the Tagaytay City Mounted Police
Publications
- Philippine Cities Creation (1999)
- Soul of Freedom (Book 2006)
- The Precautionary Principle: Closing the Gap Between International
- Trade Organization and Biotechnology (Tulane Law School, Fall 2009)
- An Environmental Writ: The Philippine's Avatar (For Publication, Integrated Bar of the Phils. Journal, 2010)