José Abueva

José Veloso Abueva (May 25, 1928 – August 18, 2021) was a Filipino political scientist and public administration scholar who served as the 16th president of the University of the Philippines. A Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardee for political science in 1962, he has devoted much of his career in academic circles. He has been faculty member of the National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of the Philippines Diliman and visiting professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and Yale University. He has also worked with the United Nations University in Tokyo. Abueva's service to the nation includes stints as secretary of the 1971 Constitutional Convention, executive director of the Legislative-Executive Local Government Reform Commission and Chairman of the Legislative-Executive Council that drew up the conversion program for former military bases. Abueva wrote a number of books, including Focus in the Barrio: The Foundation of the Philippine Community Development Program and Ang Filipino sa Siglo 21. Among the publications he has edited is the 20-volume PAMANA: The UP Anthology of Filipino Socio-Political Thought since 1872.

Abueva was a professor emeritus of political science and public administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He also chaired the advisory board of the Citizens Movement for a Free Philippines. He was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as chairman of the consultative constitutional commission in the Philippines. He was also a strong supporter of federalism and parliamentary government for the Philippines.

He formed the team of analysts of Pulse Asia, a public opinion polling body in the Philippines.

Abueva was the founder and former president of Kalayaan College.