Jose Miguel Arroyo

Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo (Tagalog pronunciation: [ɐˈɾɔjɔ]; born June 27, 1946), also known as Mike Arroyo, is a former First Gentleman of the Philippines. A lawyer by profession, he is the husband of former president and house speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He is the first and, to date, only male spouse of a president of the Philippines, Speaker of the House of Representatives and the only male spouse of a Vice President of the Philippines until 2022, when Mans Carpio became one as Sara Duterte took office as vice president.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Tuason and the surname or paternal family name is Arroyo.

Jose Miguel Arroyo
First Gentleman of the Philippines
In role January 20, 2001 – June 30, 2010
President	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by	Loi Estrada (First Lady)
Succeeded by	Vacant Liza Araneta Marcos[a] (First Lady)
Personal details
Born	Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo (1946-06-27) June 27, 1946 (age 79) Negros Occidental, Philippine Commonwealth
Nationality	Filipino
Spouse	Gloria Macapagal ​ (m. 1968)​
Relations	Ignacio Tuason Arroyo Jr. (brother) Diosdado Macapagal (father-in-law)
Children	3, including Mikey and Dato
Parent(s)	Ignacio Lacson Arroyo Lourdes Zaragoza Tuason
Alma mater	Ateneo de Manila University
Profession	Lawyer

Family and personal life

Tomb of Arroyo's ancestors, Jesusa Araneta-Lacson and María Teresa Arroyo, in the graveyard adjoining Santuario de Santo Cristo, San Juan, Metro Manila

Arroyo's great-great-grandparents were Ignacio Arroyo and Doña María Pidal, who had three children: Maria Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo (an Ilongga nun who is a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church); José María Arroyo; and Mariano Arroyo. José María became a senator in 1919, whilst Mariano was elected governor of Iloilo province in Western Visayas region in 1928. Senator José María Arroyo and his wife, Jesusa Araneta-Lacson of Negros Occidental; who is the daughter of Gen. Aniceto Lacson, produced seven children, one of whom was his father, Ignacio Lacson Arroyo.

The younger Ignacio subsequently married Lourdes Zaragoza Tuason and had two sons and a daughter, Jose Miguel, his brother, Ignacio Jr., and sister Ma. Lourdes.^[2]

Jose Miguel is married to Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal in 1968, and the couple has three children: Juan Miguel ("Mikey"); Evangelina Lourdes ("Luli"); and Diosdado ("Dato"). Luli married former investment banker and director of the Ayala Foundation, J. Aloysius "Luigi" Bernas on November 5, 2008.^[3]

Public life

In the 1960s, Arroyo was the publisher of the teen-oriented magazine Teenstone, a publication set up by guitarist Ramon Jacinto and his group the Rioteers.^[4]

Arroyo's major project whilst occupying the role of the First Gentleman was the sourcing of funds for the training of Filipino athletes in preparation for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, for which the Philippines was the host nation.

Health

The former First Gentleman's fragile health has been a public affair since April 9, 2007, when he underwent open heart surgery after being diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm. The procedure lasted for ten hours but was considered successful, and 22 days after the operation, Arroyo had almost completely recovered and was discharged from hospital. However, Arroyo's health since 2007 has been described as "questionable", with serious abdominal pains resulting in an emergency landing in 2008, and another heart-related hospital visit in 2010.^[5]

Controversies

During the period his wife's rule, Arroyo became the subject of a congressional investigation on allegations of corruption, including those by his wife's administration,^[6] led him to opt for voluntary exile as a management technique.^[7]

Awards and decorations

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers (Japan, 2002)^[8]
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain, 2007)^[9]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Jose Miguel Arroyo

16. Pedro Arroyo 8. Ignacio Arroyo 17. Apolonia Lacson 4. José María Arroyo 18. Melquiades Pidal 9. Maria Pidal 19. Luisa Regalado 2. Ignacio Arroyo y Lacson 20. Lucio Lacson 10. Aniceto Lacson 21. Clara Ledesma 5. Jesusa Lacson 22. Patricio Araneta 11. Rosario Araneta 23. Leonicia 1. Jose Miguel Arroyo 24. José María Tuason y Fabié (d. 1856) 12. José Severo Tuason y Patiño (1833-1874) 25. Maria Josefa Patiño y Tuason (d. 1895) 6. Demetrio Tuason y de la Paz (1870-1927) 26. Tomas de la Paz 13. Teresa de la Paz y de los Santos (1841-1890) 27. Valentina de los Santos 3. Lourdes Tuason 28. Rafael Zaragoza y Escalante (1814-1875) 14. José Zaragoza y Aranquizna (1839-1895) 29. Gregoria Aranquizna y Papa (d. 1853) 7. Natividad Zaragoza y Roxas (1877-1962) 30. Mariano Roxas y Arroyo 15. Rosa Roxas y Arce (1860-1939) 31. Carmen Arce y Ramírez

Notes

1. Arroyo was the last to assume the role of First Gentleman, which would be the male equivalent of First Lady, in a regular capacity. President Benigno Aquino III was a bachelor, while President Rodrigo Duterte had Honeylet Avanceña as his unmarried partner; Avanceña never held the role of First Lady under a regular capacity.^[1]