Consul General Ezzedin H. Tago assumed in Jeddah on 22 December 2007.  He is a career Foreign Service Officer with the rank of Career Minister who has been with the DFA since 1995.

In September 1994, he graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Davis.  In 1988, he finished his secondary degree from the Philippine School in Jeddah, the predecessor of the International Philippine School in Jeddah (IPSJ).

Consul General Tago has been assigned to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1999-2003) as Vice Consul and Third Secretary, to Jakarta, Indonesia (2003-2005) as Consul and Second Secretary.  He also detailed to Baghdad, Iraq for 10 months in 2004-2005.

In the Home Office, he served as Acting Director with the Office of Middle East and African Affairs (1996-1999), and as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs for Special Concerns (2005-2007).

He is a recipient of the following awards/citations:

• The Order of Lakandula, Rank of Officer, by H.E. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 14 August 2007.
• The Gawad Mabini, Rank of Commander, by H.E. Secretary Alberto Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Foreign Affairs, on 14 August 2007.
• Presidential Citation from H.E. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awarded on December 2006 for assisting in the repatriation of Filipinos in Lebanon during the Israel-Hezbollah Crisis in July 2006
• Presidential Citation from H.E. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awarded on 19 June 2005 for role in the cases of two Filipino hostages in Iraq, Messrs. Angelo Dela Cruz and Robert Tarongoy.

He is fluent in Arabic.

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