Carlos Peña Rómulo was a Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32. He is the co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Boy Scouts of the Philippines

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Rómulo served eight Philippine presidents, from Manuel L. Quezon

Manuel L. Quezon

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 to Ferdinand Marcos

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, as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs

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 of the Philippines

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 and as the country’s representative to the United States

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 and to the United Nations

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. He also served as the Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives

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 during the Commonwealth era.