Abdullah Mama-o
Filipino government official
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Abdullah Derupong Mama-o is a Filipino government official who served as the ad interim Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers under the Duterte administration.[1]
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Abdullah Mama-o | |
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Mama-o in 2020 | |
| Secretary of Migrant Workers | |
Ad interim | |
| In office March 9, 2022 – June 30, 2022 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Susan Ople |
Education
Mama-o attended the San Beda College and graduated from the school in 1972.[2][3]
Career
President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Mama-o as the presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers first tasking him of overseeing the repatriation of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia who were affected by a financial crisis.[3]
He would be appointed as special envoy to Kuwait amidst the 2018 Kuwait–Philippines diplomatic crisis.[4]
In 2018, Duterte formed a task force, which Mama-o was made a member of, as part of a bid to free Filipinos who were kidnapped by armed militants in Libya.[5] In 2019, Mama-o helped facilitate the return of seven Filipinos in Libya who were accused of smuggling fuel.[6][7]
President Duterte would appoint Mama-o as the first secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in March 9, 2022.[1][8] However the department is in a transition period and is expected to be fully operational by 2023.[9]