Ambassador Adelio Cruz returns as consul general to L.A.

The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles is pleased to announce the assumption at Post of its new Consul General, Adelio Angelito S. Cruz.

Cruz is no stranger to the Filipino-American community of Southern California, having led PCG LA from July 2016 to January 2021. He concluded his tour of duty as consul general in Los Angeles on January 31, 2021 and was designated the Chief of Presidential Protocol and the Presidential Adviser for Foreign Affairs at the Office of the President from July 2022 to October 2023.

He is looking forward to renewing his strong ties with the community and in further expanding and strengthening the Consulate General’s linkages with various socio-civic organizations and government partners in areas under PCG LA’s jurisdiction: Southern California, the State of Arizona, and the Counties of Clark, Lincoln and Nye in Southern Nevada.

At present, Cruz concurrently holds the position of Assistant Secretary at the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Office of Consular Affairs. He was also Assistant Secretary of the DFA Office of Civilian Security from February 2021 to June 2022.

With over 30 years of experience in the Philippine Foreign Service, Cruz served in various diplomatic and consular positions in the Philippine Foreign Service, namely: as Charge d’Affaires, en pied, in Tripoli, Libya (from 2014-2016); as Consul General in Xiamen, China (2011-2013); as First Secretary and Consul at the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi (2007-2011), and as Vice Consul then Consul at the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago (1997-2003).

He is married to Catherine Amon Cruz, and they have three children: Christian Nathan, Aaron Matthew and Angeline Nicole. He is the elder brother of Deputy Consul General in New York Adrian Cruz.