AN ALUMNA of the Silliman University will serve as ambassador to New Zealand.

The Commission on Appointments last month gave its nod to the appointment
of Kira Christianne Danganan-Azucena.
She will occupy the post of Chief of Mission, Class I Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to New Zealand.

Danganan-Azucena, who graduated cum laude in 1994, will have concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Fiji, the Kingdom of Tonga, the Independent State of Samoa, and the Cook Islands.

She served as assistant secretary for the United Nations and other international organizations at the Department of Foreign Affairs.

“She also served as Chargé d’affaires and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the UN in New York. Subsequently, she was elected Chair of the Special Committee on the Charter of the UN and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization,” the university said.

“This is Azucena’s fourth assignment as a diplomat. Her previous assignments were in Rome, Hongkong, and New York” it added.