About Adel Tamano
From Atty. Adel Tamano’s Official Website:
People’s View
A promising statesman who can add brain power to the Philippine Senate. Harvard Law School valedictorian. Eloquent, intelligent, writer, lawyer, leader, friend of the youth, charismatic, great credentials — someone who can give hope to Muslim Filipinos and neglected Mindanao. A total package. -Blog entry of a supporter from Mindanao
Adel’s Bright Star
Articulate and unruffled even in the most uncompromising scenarios, Adel has caught the attention of the public as the Spokesman of the United Opposition in an otherwise bleak political arena — the 2007 national elections. This was a battleground he easily handled in helping the United Opposition breeze through a resounding victory by clinching the overwhelming majority of the Senate seats. Riding on his youthful charisma and unsullied credentials, he eloquently exposed with masterful craft the weaknesses and loopholes of the moneyed-bandwagon of the Arroyo Administration. Erudite yet cool, he provided insights that sparked intellectual discourses which changed the landscape of the political arena and brought victory to the Opposition.
His non-trapo (non-traditional politician) and principled background endeared him well to the masses, highlighted his integrity and ensured his credibility in any speaking engagement. These rare virtues were critical during the 2007 national elections and he infused such positive force to the United Opposition, leaving the Arroyo Administration in shambles and deep in a quagmire of credibility problems.
Adel Tamano was installed as the 7th university president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
ALCU National President
The Association of Local Colleges and Universities, the national organization of autonomous higher education institutions in the Philippines funded by local governments, elected Adel on 23 January 2008 as its national president to ensure excellent localized higher education across the country. ALCU schools cater to the intellectually-gifted and talented scholars belonging to the financially-strapped spectrum of the society in their localities.
Educating the youth across the country especially the poor is foremost among his advocacies, as aptly enunciated in his rallying vision, “Edukasyon: Karapatan ng bawat Pilipino.” Closest to his heart, his mission is “Suportahan ang mga kolehiyo at pamantasang lokal.” Adel believes that excellent education spurs development within the locality, and conversely, local development precedes national development — serving as the sure pathway to a truly representative development agenda for the whole country.
Adel’s early exposure to his father’s commitment to serving the public as a senator and statesman brought profound effects on his way of leading his life. Steeped deeply under his father’s virtuous love of serving his countrymen, Adel has learned the rudiments of life through a well-rounded education pioneered by the premier educational institutions in the country.
Starting off as a high school student from Dela Salle University-Greenhills, he became an Economics degree holder from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1992, then went on to take up his law proper at the same university and graduated in 1996 as a Juris Doctor.
As public service has taken him all the more, he took up Master of Public Administration at the University of the Philippines focusing on Judicial Governance and Reform which he finished in 2003.
This served as a springboard for him to later become the first Filipino Muslim scholar at the Harvard Law School — a singular yet humbling honor that he cherishes dearly in his heart.
Capping Adel’s years of education is his rare distinction as the first Filipino Muslim scholar at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachussets for his Master of Laws degree. His entry into this Ivy League school as a graduate program scholar to undertake Islamic Legal Studies has opened his outlook to see the world in a better perspective for humanity — where race, color, faith and ideology do not serve as divisions but rather as unifying factors for humankind to make this world a better place to live in.