- Rubén D. Torres
Rubén Deloso Torres (born
September 10 ,1941 ) is apolitician in thePhilippines . He is a native ofBotolan ,Zambales ,Philippines . He goes by the nom de guerre "Kadre" which he was known as a leftist during martial law.He was known as a student activist, then a leftist leader during and after Martial Law.
Under President
Corazón Aquino , he have served as an Undersecretary in the Department of Labor and Employment from1989 -1990 . Afterwards he was promoted to full Secretary, serving from1990 -1992 .Under the next president,
Fidel V. Ramos , he worked as Executive Secretary (colloquially known as the "Little President") from1995 -1998 . He was instrumental in brokering a peace accord with the Muslim rebels inMindanao .Recently he served as Congressman, 2nd District, in
Zambales from2001 -2004 .
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