2010-03-07
The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto would like to inform the Filipino community that Consul General MINERVA JEAN A. FALCON has assumed office on 24 February 2010.
Consul General Falcon is a career diplomat. She passed the Foreign Service Officers Examination in 1971. She graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Laws and a member of the Philippine Bar. She has an M.A. in International Relations from Boston University.
Consul General Falcon has held several positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and was assigned to the following Foreign Service Posts: Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, Madrid, Honolulu, Hamburg, Vancouver. She was Ambassador to Turkey, Germany and Switzerland.
Before coming to Toronto, she was the Director of the Foreign Service Institute, the training arm and research office of the Department of Foreign Affairs .
Consul General Falcon hails from Lal-lo, Cagayan and has 3 grown-up children. She speaks English, Spanish and French. End.
Toronto, 02 March 2010