Administrative Order No. 194

MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 194

WHEREAS, Section 4 (b), Part B, Title III of Republic Act No. 708, as amended, otherwise known as the "Foreign Service Act of the Philippines" provides that:

"Career Ministers may serve as Minister - Counselor or Consul General or both; Foreign Affairs Officers of Class I as First Secretary or Consul General or both; of Class II, as Second Secretary or Consul or both; of Classes III and IV, as Third Secretary or Vice Consul or both . . ."(Underscoring supplied);

WHEREAS, Section 31 (3), Chapter 9, Title Book IV of the Administrative Code of 1987, states that:

"The assignment of the other classes of Foreign Service Officers shall be as follows:

Home Office

Diplomatic Service

Consular Service

Class I - Chief of Division

First Secretary

Consul

Class II - Chief of Division

Second Secretary

Consul

Class III - Chief of Division

Third Secretary

Consul

Class IV - Asst. Chief of Division

Third Secretary

Vice-Consul"

WHEREAS, the Department of Budget and Management, in accordance with Section 6 of Republic Act No. 6758, has prepared the Index of Occupational Services Position Titles and Salary Grades, dated July 1, 1989, which classified Foreign Service Officers under the category of Foreign Relations Service as follows:

"Foreign Service x x x xx

Foreign Service Officer, Class IV 21

Foreign Service Officer, Class III 22

Foreign Service Officer, Class II 23

Foreign Service Officer, Class I 24″

WHEREAS, there is need to clarify and harmonize the aforesaid provisions of laws and issuance for uniformity in application and interpretation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. For purposes of uniformity in application and interpretation, the following consular ranks for Foreign Service Officers (FSO) who perform consular functions in Philippine diplomatic and consular posts abroad shall be followed:

Diplomatic Rank

Consular Rank

Counselor Counselor Consul General

Foreign Service Officer I First Secretary Consul General

Foreign Service Officer II Second Secretary Consul

Foreign Service Officer III Third Secretary Consul

Foreign Service Officer IV Third Secretary Consul

DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of August, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.

Executive Secretary

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1990). [Administrative Order Nos. : 151 - 289 ]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.

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