Alfonso Yuchengco (simplified Chinese:杨应琳; traditional Chinese:楊應琳; pinyin:Yáng Yìng-lín; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Iûⁿ Èng-lîm; February 6, 1923 – April 15, 2017) was a Filipino accountant, industrialist, businessman, educator, and diplomat. He headed the Yuchengco Group of Companies, one of the largest family-owned business conglomerates in the Philippines. He also served as chairman of business and educational institutions including the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation one of the country's largest commercial banks, Mapúa University, and the Malayan School and Colleges located in Makati, Paco, Davao and Laguna.
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Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Yuchengco Group of Companies, and concurrently the Chairman of the Board of MICO Equities, Inc. (holding company of the Malayan Group of Insurance Companies); Pan Malayan Management and Investment Corporation; Mapúa Institute of Technology; Nippon Life Insurance Company; and the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.[2]
Yuchengco had been the Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (A.E.P.).[2]
He had also served as Presidential Adviser on Foreign Affairs in 2004; Presidential Assistant on APEC Matters in 1998; Philippine Ambassador to Japan in 1995; Philippine Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1986 to 1988; and Presidential Special Envoy to Greater China, Japan and Korea.[2]
Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Board of Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation. He was also the Chair Emeritus and Member of the Board of Governors of the Philippine Ambassadors Foundation; and Chair Emeritus and Past President of the Philippine Ambassadors Association.[2]
He was a member of the Board of Judges and a Principal Sponsor in the Mother Teresa Awards.[2]
He established a generous grant at the University of San Francisco to create the Maria Elena G. Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program.
Awards
Yuchengco has received the following awards and citations:
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, from the Emperor of Japan, 2003.
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, from the Emperor of Japan
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