"The transition from academe to government was admittedly difficult. In the academe, I was an authority figure to my students. In government, I was servant to the public, sometimes equal to peers in the executive, but always outranked by those with mandates from the electorate. I learned to respect the civil service in deed as in thought."
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 until 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and as member of the House of Representatives represented the 2nd District of Pampanga in the Philippines from 2010 to 2019. She was the country's second female president (after Corazon Aquino), and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal.
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