About Benjamin Romualdez
Carlos Benjamin Orestes "Kokoy" Trinidad Romualdez was a Filipino politician who served as Governor of Leyte and later appointed as ambassador to the United States, China and Saudi Arabia. He was a younger brother to former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos and the father of House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Paul's College in Tacloban, Kokoy Romualdez began his career in politics after serving as an assistant of Speaker Daniel Romualdez, his first cousin, from 1957 to 1961. He was a younger brother to former First Lady Imelda Marcos and the father of House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. Romualdez was instrumental in the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the People's Republic of China in the 1970s, becoming Manila's first ambassador to Beijing.
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