MARCIANO RAMOS DE BORJA was born in Pasig in 1966.  He is a career diplomat in the Philippine Foreign Service.  He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and European Languages (Cum Laude) from the University of the Philippines and his Master of Arts degree in History and Geography from the University of Navarra, Spain through scholarships from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Fundación General Mediterránea, a private foundation in Madrid.  He also studied International Politics at the University of Tokyo as a Monbusho (Japanese government) scholar.

He placed 5th in the 1991 Foreign Service Officers examinations and was the youngest in his batch.  He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in September 1992 as a Principal Assistant.  Shortly after, he was promoted to Acting Director for Central Europe at the Office of European Affairs.  He has served in the Philippine embassies in Japan and Chile.  Prior to his posting in Spain in September 2005, he was the Director for the United States Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila.  He was assigned to the Embassy of the Philippines in Madrid, Spain as First Secretary and Consul in September 2005.  He was promoted to Minister and Consul in January 2009.

He is the author of two books: FSO IV: Starting a Career in the Philippine Foreign Service (Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1999) and Basques in the Philippines (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2005). The first one is an introduction to a career in the Foreign Service while the second one deals with the Basque people’s presence in the Philippines and their influence and contribution to Philippine nationhood.  His second book became the basis for strengthening economic, educational and cultural relations and development cooperation between the Philippines and the Basque Country in northern Spain, among the projects of which will directly benefit the Province of Nueva Vizcaya.  In May 2007, he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) by the Nueva Vizcaya State University for his exemplary performance in the Foreign Service, among others.