20 Facts About Clarita Carlos

Clarita Reyes Carlos was born on June 24,1946 and is a Filipino political scientist and commentator, academic, and educator who last served as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos from 2022 to 2023.

Clarita Carlos served as the 16th President of the National Defense College of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, becoming the first female and first civilian to lead the institution.

Clarita Carlos is a retired professor of political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Clarita Carlos earned her bachelor's degree in foreign service from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she obtained her master's and doctorate degrees in political science.

Clarita Carlos pursued post-doctoral studies on political psychology at Cornell University and comparative foreign policy analysis at the University of California at Los Angeles as a Fulbright Visiting Fellow.

Clarita Carlos has written numerous books on democratic deficits, bureaucratic and electoral reforms, political parties, and population ageing.

Clarita Carlos started her career teaching political science, international relations, and environment at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, in 1967 at the age of 20.

Clarita Carlos retired in June 2011 as a full professor of political science having taught at the university for a total of 44 years.

Clarita Carlos taught European studies at Ateneo de Manila University and geopolitics at San Beda University Graduate School of Law.

Clarita Carlos is a Member-at-Large of the National Research Council of the Philippines.

Clarita Carlos served as the first female and first civilian president of the National Defense College of the Philippines from August 17,1998, to October 15,2001.

Clarita Carlos initiated the Strategic Studies Group, a regular forum for military generals, scientists, government officials, and diplomats, to discuss the broadest range of national security issues in the Philippines.

In 2020, Clarita Carlos was among the appointees of the Commission of Higher Education in its Technical Panel for Political Science.

Clarita Carlos assumed her position as National Security Adviser on June 30,2022.

Clarita Carlos is the first female and third civilian to hold the position since 1986.

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, established during the previous administration and where Clarita Carlos serves as vice-chair as part of her mandate, has been criticized for allegedly engaging in such practices.

Clarita Carlos resigned from the position on January 14,2023, to join the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department of the House of Representatives.

Clarita Carlos was replaced by former Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano.

Since 1993, Clarita Carlos is the executive director of StratSearch Foundation, Inc.

Clarita Carlos is the executive director of Asia Pacific Institute of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Inc Clarita Carlos has served as consultant in the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, and Department of Transportation.