Blas Ople

Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service, Ople was, in his final years, a vocal supporter for allowing a limited United States military presence in the Philippines, and for American initiatives in the War on Terror including the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

3 February 1927

Born on the same birth date (3 February 1927): Kenneth Anger

Born on the same birth day (3 February): Allan McLean (Australian politician) • Andrei Kostitsyn • Artur Adson • Billy Meier • February 3 • February 3 • Felix Mendelssohn • Fred Lynn • Gaston Julia • Grant Goldman • Henry Heimlich • James Clark McReynolds • Jan Santini Aichel • Jesper Kyd • Joachim Löw • Lou Criger • Marie-Ève Drolet • Simone Weil • Tim Heidecker • Tyler Huntley

Born in the same month (February 1927): Aira Samulin • Emmanuelle Riva • Florencio Campomanes • Galway Kinnell • Guy Mitchell • Hubert de Givenchy • Ibrahim Ferrer • Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten • June Brown • Peter Whittle (mathematician) • Richard A. Long • Roy Cohn • Stan Getz