Amina Rasul-Bernardo

Amina Zalmia Tillah Rasul–Bernardo (born April 5, 1954) is a Filipina columnist and Muslim rights advocate. She is the daughter of first Filipina Muslim Senator Nina Rasul.

Education Rasul graduated from the University of the Philippines with a bachelor’s degree in economics. She also studied Master of Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Management, and a master’s in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Career In 1995, she held a position in the Philippine cabinet under former president Fidel V. Ramos, where she worked as the presidential advisor on Youth Affairs and was also the inaugural chairperson of the National Youth Commission (NYC), which she established. and the managing trustee of the Magbassa Kita Foundation, Inc. (MKFI), which focuses on promoting literacy for peace and development among adult learners. She is also a member of the Board of Regents at Mindanao State University (MSU) and a board member of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). where she has written & edited several books and literatures related on the wars and conflicts in Mindanao, Islam, and democracy such as Broken Peace? Assessing the 1996 GRP-MNLF Final Peace Agreement and The Radicalization of Muslim Communities in Southeast Asia. She also the launching editor of The Moro Times, a monthly supplement of The Manila Times. In 2023, she also received Intercultural Achievement Award by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.

Political career She ran as senator under Fernando Poe Jr.'s Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino in 2004 elections, but lost. While campaigning as senator, she accused the incumbent President Arroyo (Poe's rival) of using funds while campaigning that time and petitioned to Supreme Court to declare the latter as resigned, but the Supreme Court dismissed her petition.

Personal life She is the wife of Monetary Board member Romy Bernardo.