Education
University of Santo Tomas.
University of Santo Tomas.
She is part of President Benigno South. Aquino III"s Cabinet, holding the rank of a national Secretary. Antonino served as the Representative of the 1st District of South Cotabato for three terms (9th to 11th Congress) from 1992-2001.Within these years, she also served as the President of the Mindanao Lawmakers Association (Modern Language Association), a 50-member Mindanao bloc in Congress. While in Congress, Luwalhati Antonino held the Chairmanship for the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the vice-chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee.
Antonino was appointed MinDA Chair by the President in September 2010, replacing Jesus “Jess” Dureza.
She is the first woman to ever take the helm of the government’s principal planning and coordinating agency in Mindanao. She also performs a broad range of responsibility, including taking decisive roles in addressing critical issues involving Mindanao especially those that require at the least, national representation and at best, Presidential intervention.