CATANDUANES State University President Dr. Patrick Azanza was among the nominees for the next president of the University of the Philippines.

Azanza, who has been CatSU president since 2021, was nominated alongside Wesleyan University-Philippines College of Law Dean and former 1-Ang Edukasyon Party-list representative Salvador Belaro Jr., former UP Board of Regents Member Angelo Jimenez, and former UP Los Baños Chancellor Fernando Sanchez Jr.

Other nominees include UP Diliman Institute of Civil Engineering full professor Benito Pacheco and current UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo.

Azanza is a UP Diliman alumnus. He obtained his Juris Doctor and doctorate degree in education administration from the university.

Nominations for the next UP president have been opened as incumbent president Danilo Concepcion will finish his term in 2023. Concepcion has been UP’s president since 2017.