Walden Bello

Walden Bello
Bello in 2007
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Akbayan Partylist
In office
June 30, 2007 – March 16, 2015
Professor of Sociology and Public Administration at University of the Philippines
Personal details
Born
Walden Flores Bello

(1945-11-11) November 11, 1945
Cardona, Rizal, Philippine Commonwealth
NationalityFilipino
Political partyCommunist Party of the Philippines (1970s–early 1990s)
Akbayan (1990s–2015)
PLM (2021-present)
Spouse(s)
Suranuch Thongsila
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(m. 2015)​
MotherLuz Flores
FatherJesse Bello
Alma materAteneo de Manila University, Princeton University
OccupationActivist, writer
ProfessionEnvironmentalist, social worker
AwardsRight Livelihood Award
Websitewww.waldenbello.org

Walden Flores Bello (born November 11, 1945) is a Filipino academic, environmentalist, and social activist. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2007 until 2015. He is an adjunct professor at Binghamton University.[1]

On October 20, 2021, Bello announced his candidacy for vice president in the 2022 Philippine elections as the running mate of presidential candidate and labor leader Leody de Guzman. Bello is a democratic socialist.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Walden Bello - Our Faculty - Sociology | Binghamton University". Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. ↑ "Ka Leody-Bello platform: Higher wages, billionaire's tax, mass murderers behind bars". October 23, 2021.