Loren Legarda
Profile
Loren Legarda is a Filipino politician and former journalist serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2022, having previously held terms from 1998 to 2004 and 2007 to 2019. Throughout her extensive legislative career, she has focused heavily on environmentalism, climate change adaptation, cultural heritage, and disaster risk reduction, authoring key legislation such as the Climate Change Act and the Expanded Senior Citizens Law. In addition to her political achievements, she had a prominent career in broadcasting as a journalist and news anchor for ABS-CBN and RPN.
Details
- Born
- January 28, 1960
- Birth place
- Malabon, Philippines
- Education
- Assumption College; University of the Philippines Diliman; University of California, Los Angeles; National Defense College of the Philippines
- Career
- Journalist, news anchor, print and television model
