Kira Danganan-Azucena
Kira Danganan-Azucena | |
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Danganan-Azucena in 2023 | |
| Ambassador of the Philippines to New Zealand | |
| In office June 13, 2023 – present | |
| President | Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. |
| Preceded by | Querobine D. Laccay (chargés d’affaires) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kira Christianne Danganan August 1973 Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines |
| Spouse | Michael F. Azucena |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Silliman University |
| Profession | Diplomat, Public Servant |
Kira Christianne Danganan-Azucena is a Filipina diplomat. She is the Assistant Secretary for the United Nations and Other International Organizations at the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines.
She had served as Chargé d'affaires, a.i. and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York. On February 18, 2020, she was elected Chair of the Special Committee on the Charter of the UN and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization.
Danganan-Azucena graduated with a degree in mass communication in 1994 from Silliman University.