One of the youngest Constitutional Convention delegates of 1971 who opposed the dictatorship and one of the few who refused to sign the Marcos-dictated Constitution.

Evaded a "Shoot-to-Kill" order, went on exile and founded the opposition movement that cut military and economic aid to the dictatorship. The Wall Street Journal called this movement, the Ninoy Aquino Movement (NAM), the biggest and most organized opposition movement in the US.

His brother was tortured and killed, which caused the death of his father.

"The brother of a leading Marcos critic, Heherson Alvarez, was picked up... and later found, mangled beyond recognition, bearing the marks of a diabolical torture... a most heinous crime (perpetrated) under Martial Law." - Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

Founder and President of NAM, directed the search and expose of the hidden Marcos wealth in the U.S. which was serialized by, and later won the Pulitzer Prize, for the San Jose Mercury News, California.
OUTSTANDING Human Rights Award, Fund for Free Expression, New York
SENATOR, 12 years (Two terms non-extendible)
Consistently awarded Outstanding Senator by the different media and civic groups, 1987-1998

Commissioner and Vice Chairman, Climate Change Commission (present)

Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change (present)

Member, Board of Directors, Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC) (present)

Chairman/CEO (Cabinet Rank), Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC) (July 2007-May 2008)

Presidential Adviser on Agrarian Reform
(2005 - 2007)

Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Communities (2003)

Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (2001 - 2002)

Member, Congress of the Philippines (1998-2001)

Ambassador, Extraordinary Plenipotentiary (1986)

Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform (1986-1987)

National Spokesperson, Lakas-CMD (Leading Political Party)

Awarded:
Outstanding UP Alumnus, 1971
Outstanding Ilocano Tawid Awardee
International Public Policy Achievement Award of the prestigious Climate Institute, Washington D.C., 1996, First Asian Recipient

Named as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Delegates, 1971 Constitutional Convention

M.A. Public Administration, Harvard University, USA

Ph. D., Honoris Causa, Environmental Science

 Environmentalist, Leading voice on the environment in the country, led legislative initiatives on major laws on environmental protection.
Author, Clean Air Act of 1999, National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act, Solid Waste Management Act, Northern Sierra Madre Protected Area Act, Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan.
Initiator, Healthy Air Pact of 1993 that drastically reduced lead and introduced unleaded gasoline in the Philippines.

Founding Chairman, Earthsavers Movement.

Panelist, International Conference on Defense of the Oceans

Member, Asian Parliamentarians' Conference on Envirionment and Development (APCED)

Chairman, Advisory Board, Manila Baywatch

Convening Chairman, 1996 Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Seas (ACOPS) Ministerial Meeting; 1995 First Asia-Pacific Leaders' Conference on Climate Change (ASPAC-LCCC)

Author, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL); Cooperative Development Authority (CDA); Law creating the Deparment of Energy; Law creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)








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