Jose Miguel Arroyo

Jose Miguel “Mike” Tuason Arroyo (born June 27, 1946) is the husband of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the current President of the Philippines and is the current First Gentleman of the Philippines, being the spouse of a female President of the Philippines. His major projects as First Gentleman were the funding of the training of Philippine athletes for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. An attorney by profession, he became the main target of attacks both against his wife’s administration and his own involvement in a multiplicity of alleged scandals by the political opposition that once led to his voluntary exile.

Health

On April 9, 2007, Mr. Arroyo underwent a successful ten hour open heart surgery after being diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm.

Twenty-two days after undergoing the critical open heart surgery, Mr. Arroyo was able to walk out of the hospital almost fully recovered.