H.E. J. Eduardo Malaya
H.E. J. Eduardo Malaya is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) since April 2021.
He previously served in the Department of Foreign Service of the Philippines as the Undersecretary (Deputy Minister) (2019-2021) and Assistant Secretary (Director-General) for Treaties and Legal Affairs (2017-2019). He was Ambassador to Malaysia (2011 – 2017), and DFA Foreign Affairs Spokesman (2009-2011).
The author/editor of nine books on international law, diplomacy, and history, Malaya is Vice President of the Philippine Society of International Law (2017 – present), Member of the Editorial Board of the Philippine Yearbook of International Law (2017 – present), and Member of the Executive Council of the Asian Society of International Law (2021 – present).
He was bestowed the rank of Datu (Grand Cross) in the Order of Sikatuna by President Gloria Arroyo in 2010 and the rank of Dakilang Kamanong (Grand Cross) in the Order of Mabini (Gawad Mabini) by President Benigno Aquino III in 2016. He is also a recipient of two Presidential Citations — from President Fidel V. Ramos in 1995 and from President Arroyo in 2010.
The Congress of the Philippines commended him, through House Resolution No. 34 dated 25 January 2017, for his “pro-active work, community outreach, and leadership” as Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia. He received the “Distinguished Alumnus Award (Public Service and Governance Diplomacy)” from the University of the Philippines in 2018.