Salvador Lopez was appointed by President Macapagal as Secretary of Foreign Affairs and was ambassador to the United Nations for six years

SALVADOR LOPEZ

Lopez taught literature and journalism at the University of Manila between 1933 and 1936. He also became a daily columnist and magazine editor of the Philippine Herald until World War II.

Lopez was the president of the University of the Philippines from 1969 to 1975. It was during his presidency that UP students were politically radicalized, launching mass protests against the Marcos regime. Lopez called the students, faculty, and employees to defend UP and its autonomy from militarization, since the military wanted to occupy the campus, searching for alleged leftists as well as activists opposing them.

14 November 1948

to 3 August 2007