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{{Short description|Filipino journalist, lawyer, assemblyman and ambassador}}
{{Philippine name|Rueca|Ramos}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Narciso Ramos
| image       = Secretary Narciso R. Ramos.jpg
| image_size  = 250px
| caption     = 
| office      = 13th [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs]]
| president   = [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
| term_start  = December 30, 1965
| term_end    = 1968
| predecessor = Mauro Mendez
| successor   = [[Carlos P. Romulo]]
| office1      = Ambassador of the Philippines to Taipei
| president1   = [[Ramon Magsaysay]]<br>[[Carlos P. Garcia]]<br>[[Diosdado Macapagal]]
| term_start1  = 1956
| term_end1    = 1965
| office2      = Ambassador of the Philippines to India
| president2   = [[Elpidio Quirino]]<br>[[Ramon Magsaysay]]
| term_start2  = 1952
| term_end2    = 1956
| office3      = Minister to the [[Embassy of the Philippines, Buenos Aires|Philippine Legation in Buenos Aires]]
| president3   = [[Elpidio Quirino]]
| term_start3  = April 4, 1949
| term_end3    = 1952
| predecessor4 = ''Position established''
| successor4 = [[Pedro Gil]]
| office5     = Member of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Philippine National Assembly]] from [[Pangasinan|Pangasinan's]] [[Legislative districts of Pangasinan#5th District|5th District]]
| term_start5 = June 11, 1945
| term_end5   = July 15, 1946	
| predecessor5 = ''District recreated''
| successor5  = Cipriano Allas
| office6     = Member of the [[National Assembly of the Philippines|National Assembly]] from [[Pangasinan]]'s [[Pangasinan's 5th congressional district|5th District]]
|status6 = <small> Member of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Philippine House of Representatives]] (1934–1935)</small>
| term_start6 = June 5, 1934
| term_end6   = December 30, 1941	
| predecessor6 = Juan Millán
| successor6  = ''Position abolished''
| birth_name  = Narciso Rueca Ramos
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1900|11|11}}
| birth_place = [[Asingan, Pangasinan|Asingan]], [[Pangasinan]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1986|02|03|1900|11|11}}
| death_place = [[Manila]], Philippines
| resting_place = [[Manila Memorial Park – Sucat|Manila Memorial Park]], [[Parañaque]], Philippines<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malacanang.gov.ph/undas-2012-a-cemeteries-tour/ |title=Our Heritage and the Departed: A Cemeteries Tour |publisher=Presidential Museum & Library (Philippines) |accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref>
| other_names =
| known_for   = Jun, N.R.
| occupation  = {{hlist|Journalist|lawyer|assemblyman|ambassador}}
| years_active=
| nationality = [[Philippine nationality law|Filipino]]
| spouse      = {{marriage|Angela Valdez|1926|1978|reason=her death}}<br>Alfonsita Lucero
| children    = 3, including [[Fidel V. Ramos|Fidel]] and [[Leticia Ramos-Shahani|Leticia]] 
| party       = [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]]
| otherparty  = [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| alma_mater  = [[University of the Philippines Manila]] (no degree)<br>[[National University (Philippines)|National University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])
}}

'''Narciso Rueca Ramos''' ({{IPA|tl|naɾˈsiso ˈɾamos|lang}}; November 11, 1900 – February 3, 1986) was a Filipino journalist, lawyer, assemblyman and ambassador. He was the father of former Philippine President [[Fidel V. Ramos]] and Philippine Senator [[Leticia Ramos-Shahani]].

==Early life and education==
Born to Plácido Ramos (né Apelido) y Tabadero and Ramona Rueca y Bugayong in [[Asingan, Pangasinan]] on November 11, 1900, Narciso R. Ramos was a journalist, lawyer, assemblyman and ambassador. He was baptized thirteen days later in the same municipality.

He attended the Asingan Elementary School and the Manila High School, and graduated from the latter in 1919. After pursuing journalism at the College of Liberal Arts of the [[University of the Philippines]] from 1920 to 1922, he studied law at [[National University (Philippines)|National University]], where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1924. In the same year, he took and passed the bar examinations.

==Career==
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[[File:Narciso Rueca Ramos.jpg|thumb|left|Photograph from ''The Commercial & Industrial Manual of the Philippines'', 1941]]
As a member of the official Philippine delegation, he participated in the International Conference of Students that convened in [[Beijing|Peking]], [[Nationalist Government|China]] in April 1922. From 1924 to 1934, before joining national politics, Ramos practiced law in his home province and in Manila. He was recognized as a pioneer in the field of law in [[Pangasinan]]. Despite the prestige and status he had gained as a lawyer, he still considered it his duty to defend the poor and the oppressed.

In 1934, he was elected representative of [[Legislative districts of Pangasinan#5th District|Pangasinan's 5th District]] to the [[10th Philippine Legislature]]. In 1941, due undoubtedly to his brilliant performance as a legislator and unstinting service to his constituents, he was reelected as a congressman. During the dark days of the Japanese occupation, he opted to risk his life by joining the Filipino resistance fighters, rather than collaborate with the enemy.

In 1946, the year the Philippines regained its independence, Ramos, by then already an eminent national figure, was called upon by President Roxas along with Ambassador [[Joaquin Elizalde]] to establish the country's foreign service and organize the first Philippine embassy in Washington, D.C. Thus began his long and distinguished career in Foreign Service.

Ramos prepared the first batch of Filipino consuls in America. While performing his duties as Philippine minister counselor in Washington, he also assisted in forming the basic framework of the country's Foreign Service rules. Among his pioneering achievements was the sending of several Philippine delegations to socialist and Latin American countries.

Ramos served as Minister to the [[Embassy of the Philippines, Buenos Aires|Philippine Legation in Buenos Aires]] from 1949 to 1952. From 1952 to 1956, during the early days of the Non-Aligned Movement, he was the Philippine envoy to [[India]], having established the first Philippine mission in [[New Delhi]]. Later, in 1956, through his initiative as chief of mission, another embassy was set up in [[Taipei]], where he served until 1965. In 1965, he was appointed [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)|foreign affairs secretary]] by President Ferdinand Marcos. He served in that capacity until 1968. During this period, he achieved several milestones in his career and in the Philippines' international relations.

On August 8, 1967, he joined other Southeast Asian leaders in Bangkok in founding the ASEAN ([[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]]), and in signing the [[ASEAN Declaration]]. Through the formation of ties with socialist countries, he affirmed his beliefs in a neutral foreign policy, notwithstanding his anti-Communist principles. The bonds he formed then have stayed firm despite the vicissitudes wrought by time on the fragile world of international relations.

Also, on September 16, 1966, he endeavored to remold Philippine friendship with the United States by signing the Ramos-Rusk Agreement, which decreased the tenure of the RP-US military bases agreement of 1947, originally 99 years, to only 25 more years and allowed the crucial changes in the Military Bases Accord on January 7, 1979. Thus, the leases expired in 1991, ahead of the original 2046 date.<ref>Andrew Yeo, ''Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests'' (Cambridge University Press, 2011) pp37-38</ref> He was also instrumental in reestablishing the Asia Pacific Council, or ASPAC.

Ramos left government service on December 31, 1968. During his retirement, however, he carried on tirelessly with his various civic, social and economic projects. In 1982, he was asked once more to serve in the government, as director of the Asian Exchange Center in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] (semi-official Ambassador to Taiwan). He was already 82 then, but he stayed on the job for three years. He was a public servant who have served under eight Philippine presidents from [[Manuel L. Quezon]] to Ferdinand E. Marcos. A true patriot, too, he believed that nationalism and modernization, through which the country could gain true independence and self-reliance, were the key to national progress. Ramos received the [[Legion of Honor]] award (rank of commander) and the Bronze [[Armed Forces of the Philippines Medal of Valor|Medal of Valor]] for his services as a guerrilla in the Second World War. Later, in recognition of his achievements in the Foreign Service, he was given the [[Order of Sikatuna]] Award (rank of datu).

==Personal life==
[[File:Ramos House facade 1.jpg|thumb|The reconstructed family house of Narciso Ramos & Angela Valdez, 1995 Ramos House, located along Primicias Street in Poblacion, [[Lingayen, Pangasinan]]]]
<!-- [[File:Ramos House historical marker in Lingayen, Pangasinan.jpg|right|thumb|Ramos House marker]] -->

===Family===
By his first wife, Angela Valdez, he had three children:
* [[Fidel Ramos|Fidel V. Ramos]] (1928–2022), 12th Philippine President, 1992–1998
* [[Leticia Ramos-Shahani]] (1929–2017), two-term Senator, 1987–1998
* Gloria Ramos-da Rodda (1935–2019), a consul in the U.S.

When Angela died in 1978, Ramos married Alfonsita Lucero.

==Death==
Ramos died on February 3, 1986<ref>{{cite news|title=Narciso Ramos Dies at 86; Served in Philippine Cabinet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/04/obituaries/narciso-ramos-dies-at-86-served-in-philippine-cabinet.html|accessdate=February 24, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=February 4, 1986}}</ref> due to a stroke. He died just few days before Philippines [[People Power Revolution]].

==Honours==
===National===
* {{flag|Philippines}}:
** [[File:PHL_Order_of_Sikatuna_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png|60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Sikatuna]], Rank of Datu (GCrS)
**[[File:Order of the Knights of Rizal Ribbon.png|60px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Knights of Rizal]] (KGCR)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.knights-of-rizal.org/our-story/|url-status=live|website=Knights of Rizal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615010658/https://www.knights-of-rizal.org/our-story/ |archive-date=15 June 2021 }}</ref>

===Foreign===
* {{Flag|France}}:
**[[File:Commander of Legion of Honour Ribbon Bar.png|60px]] Commander of the National [[:en:Legion of Honour|Order of the Legion of Honour]]
* {{flag|Indonesia}}:
**[[File:Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipradana rib.svg|60px]] Second Class of the [[Star of the Republic of Indonesia]] - 1979<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210113111802/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2014/10/10/briefer-bintang-republik-indonesia-star-of-the-republic-of-indonesia</ref>
* {{Flag|Spain}}: 
**[[File:ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC.svg|60px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]] - 1968

==Legacy==
[[File:Lingayen33kjf.JPG|right|thumb|Narciso Ramos Sports Complex and Civic Center ([[Lingayen, Pangasinan]])]]
These buildings are named after him:
* Narciso Ramos Sports Complex ([[Lingayen, Pangasinan]])
* Narciso Ramos Sports & Civic Center ([[Lingayen, Pangasinan]])
* Narciso Ramos Gym ([[Lingayen, Pangasinan]])
* Narciso R. Ramos Elementary School (Asingan, Pangasinan)
* [[Iligan–Marawi Road|Narciso Ramos Highway]] ([[Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte]])

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[[Category:Ambassadors of the Philippines to Argentina]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the Philippines to India]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the Philippines to Taiwan]]
[[Category:Secretaries of foreign affairs of the Philippines]]
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[[Category:Burials at the Manila Memorial Park – Sucat]]
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