Jose Abueva, UP president who signed '89 accord with DND, diesThis 2012 photo shows Dr. Jose Abueva, the former University of the Philippines president who died on Aug. 18, 2021 at the age of 93. MANILA, Philippines — Dr. Jose Abueva, a renowned political scientist and former University of the Philippines president who was signatory to the now abrogated UP-DND Accord of 1989, died on Wednesday. In 1989, he signed with then President Fidel Ramos the accord between UP and the Department of National Defense. "He led an illustrious academic career," said the UP National College of Public Administration and Good Governance, where Abueva was professor emeritus. "My condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Jose Abueva," Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, who first joined UP's faculty in 1989, wrote on Twitter.

Source: Philippine Star August 18, 2021 09:22 UTC