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Biography of Aquilino Pimentel:

Birthday: January 20, 1964

Citizenship:

Filipino 

Voter Registration:

Brgy. 3, Cagayan de Oro City, Precinct 7-A

Name of Parents:

Father:  Aquilino Quilinging Pimentel, Jr.

(The Pimentels are from Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental and trace their family roots to Ilocos Sur. The Quilingings trace their family roots to Ilocos Norte.)

Mother: Lourdes de la Llana Pimentel

(The de la Llanas trace their family roots to Zambales.)

Place of birth: Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Status: Married 
Name of Spouse:

Jewel May Colmenares Lobaton-Pimentel

(The Lobatons are from Negros Occidental. The Colmenares Family traces its roots to Negros Occidental and Iloilo.)

Name of Child: Aquilino Martin Emmanuel L. Pimentel VI
Profession:

Lawyer

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  Government Service:
 

Commissioner representing Mindanao

National Youth Commission (1995 – 1998)

  Organizational Affiliations:
   

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP LABAN), Sec. – Gen

  Integrated Bar of the Philippines
  Couples for Christ and Gawad Kalinga
  Rotary Club of Manila Bay (Past President)
  Philippine Jaycees (Manila Jaycees, Oro Jaycees)

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Other

Involvements:

Legal Resource Person, CATHOLIC MEDIA NETWORK  
  Legal Adviser, National Press Photographers  
  Lecturer, How To Prepare For The Bar Examinations  
  Professor, FEU Institute of Law, MBA – JD Program  
  Professor, FEU – FERN College of Business Administration and Legal Management  
  Professor, Adamson University College of Law  

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Educational Attainment:

University of the Philippines, College of Law (Bachelor of Laws)

     Member, UP Chess Team

 

Ateneo de Manila University, College of Arts and Sciences (Bachelor of Science, Major in Mathematics)

     Member, Ateneo University Chess Team

 

Ateneo de Manila University High School and Elementary

     Member, Ateneo Chess Team

 

Courses Attended:

Pre-Judicature Program (Philippine Judicial Academy, Supreme Court)

  Seminar on Practical Arbitration and International Practice (PCCI, CIA-EAB, PDRCI)
  Seminar on Drafting Comprehensive Laws to Combat Cybercrime (Senate, House of Representatives, USAID, ITECC)
  Program on Internet Law, Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Harvard Law School; held in Cambridge, MA, USA)
  Program on Internet Law, Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Harvard Law School; held in Singapore)
  New Generation Seminar (East West Center, University of Hawaii)
  Asia Connects / Cherchons l’Asie (held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)