Filemon Uriarte Jr. (born October 15, 1945) is a Filipino chemical engineer who served as Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines under Joseph Estrada.

Education Uriarte completed a B.S. at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1965 and a Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in 1970.

Career He served as Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology starting on February 1, 1999 until his resignation in November 2000.

He is an Academician of the National Academy of Science and Technology.

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