Maria Rosario Vergeire | |
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 Vergeire in 2020 | |
| Secretary of Health | |
| In office July 14, 2022 – June 5, 2023 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Francisco Duque III |
| Succeeded by | Ted Herbosa |
| Undersecretary of Health | |
| In office June 5, 2023 – 2025 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| DOH Spokesperson | |
| In office 2015–2022 | |
| President | Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria Rosario Clarissa Dumandan Singh[1] November 1968 (age 57)[2] |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Maria Filomena Singh(sister) |
| Alma mater | University of Santo Tomas (BS) De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute (MD) University of the Philippines Manila (MPH) |
Maria Rosario Clarissa Singh-Vergeire[4][5] (bornMaria Rosario Clarissa Dumandan Singh) is a Filipino physician andpublic health official. She formerly served as the top undersecretary of theDepartment of Health from June 2023 to July 2025.[6][7] She also served as theofficer in charge of the department from July 14, 2022, to June 5, 2023, following her appointment by PresidentBongbong Marcos.[8] She was also the department's spokesperson beginning in 2015 under theBenigno Aquino III andRodrigo Duterte administrations, as well as the department's assistant secretary for public health services from 2015 to 2020.[3][4][9]
Maria Rosario Vergeire is the third of six children born tobarangay chairman and political strategist Harry Francisco Macalanda Singh (1940–2020) and lawyer Clara Dizon Dumandan-Singh (1934–2021). Her eldest sisterMaria Filomena Singh ("Monette", born 1966) is a lawyer and judge currently serving as anAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court since 2022;[10] their family lives inMarikina. Vergeire earned her bachelor's degree in zoology from theUniversity of Santo Tomas and herDoctor of Medicine degree from De La Salle College of Medicine (nowDe La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute). She later earned aMaster of Public Health degree from theUniversity of the Philippines Manila.[3][11]
Starting in 1996, Vergeire spent 11 years working at the Marikina City Health Office. She joined theDepartment of Health in 2007 as a medical officer in the Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau.[3][11] She left the agency in 2025.[12]
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