Ricardo Tumanda Gloria is a Filipino government official who served as Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines then Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
Early life and education Gloria was born on April 3, 1940, in Oroquieta in Misamis Occidental. He was a University of Southern Mindanao alumnus.
Career He served as Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology from June 30, 1992, to July 6, 1994. Gloria also served as Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports from July 1994 to January 1998.
Gloria approved the establishment of Montessori Schools and the Science and Technology Park. In 1994, the Science and Technology Scholarship Act passed, helping students in science and technology fields.
In 2006, Gloria along with other officials of the Fund Assistance for Private Education (FAPE) was accused of plunder of FAPE funds from 1994 to 1998. He was FAPE chairman during that period.
Death Gloria died August 13, 2006, at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City, from diabetes complications.
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