Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing names from the 2001 batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Jaime Ongpin.
Jaime "Jimmy" Velayo Ongpin (June 15, 1939 – December 7, 1987) was a Filipino businessman. He was the Minister of Finance of the Philippines under President Cory Aquino, appointed in 1986 after having played an instrumental role in her campaign. Ongpin was the younger brother of Roberto Ongpin who had been Minister of Trade and Industry under President Ferdinand Marcos.
He committed suicide on December 7, 1987,[2] at age 48, just three months after having been dismissed from the government on September 14, in a cabinet reorganization that followed a military coup attempt.
His wife Isabel was quoted as saying: "He had been depressed about infighting in Aquino's cabinet and disappointed that the 'People Power' uprising which had toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos had not brought significant change".[3][4]
For his contributions to the restoration of Philippine democracy and his opposition to the Marcos dictatorship, Ongpin's name was enshrined at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in 2001.
^Gonzales, Iris (June 17, 2019). "Jaime V. Ongpin reimagined". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
