Leticia Ramos-Shahani

thumb|right| Leticia Ramos-Shahani Leticia Ramos-Shahani (September 30, 1929 – March 20, 2017) was a Filipino senator, diplomat, and writer. She was the younger sister of Fidel V. Ramos, the 12th president of the Philippines. Quotes I wanted to be a teacher. Leticia Ramos-Shahani: The accidental politician By: Pennie Azarcon-dela Cruz - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 12:31 AM 26 March 2017 My entry into politics was unplanned. I returned to Manila in late 1985, while with the United Nations (UN), because my father (former Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos) fell very ill. Leticia Ramos-Shahani: The accidental politician By: Pennie Azarcon-dela Cruz - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 12:31 AM 26 March 2017 When I went to our hometown in Asingan, Pangasinan, to register to vote for the snap elections, I was anxiously asked by the local YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) whom I was supporting for President. I simply and honestly said: ‘I am for change; I am for Cory who can bring about that change.’ This direct, short reply reverberated quickly out of our sleepy town to the offices of national broadsheets, and the next day I made the headlines which screamed that a second cousin of President Marcos was for Cory. Without any TV ads or a campaign machinery, I became nationally known overnight. Leticia Ramos-Shahani: The accidental politician By: Pennie Azarcon-dela Cruz - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 12:31 AM 26 March 2017 Somehow without much effort, I had fulfilled the requirements of a senatorial candidate in this country—a personality known nationwide, who was now accepted and approved by an electorate hungry for change. Leticia Ramos-Shahani: The accidental politician By: Pennie Azarcon-dela Cruz - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 12:31 AM 26 March 2017 External links Category:1922 births Category:Women politicians in the Philippines Category:2017 deaths Category:Women born in the 1920s