| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Alberto Romulo | |
| Image Name: | IAEA Alberto Romulo and Yukiya Amano (cropped).jpg |
| Caption: | Romulo in 2010 |
| Office: | Chairman and Director of the Board of the Development Bank of the Philippines |
| Term Start: | March 2017 |
| Term End: | December 22, 2022 |
| President: | Emmanuel G. Herbosa |
| Successor: | Dante Tiñga |
| Office1: | 24th Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start1: | August 23, 2004 |
| Term End1: | February 23, 2011 |
| President1: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III |
| Predecessor1: | Delia Albert |
| Successor1: | Albert del Rosario |
| Office2: | 34th Executive Secretary of the Philippines |
| Term Start2: | May 8, 2001 |
| Term End2: | August 23, 2004 |
| President2: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Preceded2: | Renato de Villa |
| Succeeded2: | Eduardo Ermita |
| Office3: | 26th Secretary of Finance |
| Term Start3: | January 23 |
| Term End3: | June 30, 2001 |
| President3: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Preceded3: | Jose Pardo |
| Succeeded3: | Jose Isidro Camacho |
| Office4: | Senate Majority Leader |
| Term Start4: | July 22, 1991 |
| Term End4: | October 10, 1996 |
| Preceded4: | Teofisto Guingona, Jr. |
| Succeeded4: | Francisco Tatad |
| Office5: | Senator of the Philippines |
| Term Start5: | June 30, 1987 |
| Term End5: | June 30, 1998 |
| Office6: | Minister of Budget and Management |
| Term Start6: | February 25, 1986 |
| Term End6: | March 13, 1987 |
| President6: | Corazon Aquino |
| Succeeded6: | Manuel Alba (as Secretary) |
| Preceded6: | Guillermo Carague |
| Office7: | Member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa |
| Term Start7: | June 30, 1984 |
| Term End7: | March 25, 1986 |
| Alongside7: | Ismael Mathay, Jr., Orlando Mercado, and Cecilia Muñoz-Palma |
| Birth Name: | Alberto Gatmaitan Romulo |
| Birth Date: | 1933 8, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Camiling, Tarlac, Philippine Islands |
| Party: | LDP (1988–present) |
| Spouse: | Rosie Lovely Tecson-Romulo |
| Children: | 5 (Roman and Bernadette) |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Website: | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| Otherparty: | UNIDO (until 1988) |
| Appointer: | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Constituency7: | Quezon City |
Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo (born August 7, 1933) is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary, finance secretary, foreign affairs secretary, and budget secretary. His most recent office is his leadership of the Department of Foreign Affairs[1] before and during the early period of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
Romulo was born in Camiling, Tarlac from Pangasinan and Tagalog parents.[2] He was then elected as member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa representing Quezon City in 1984. He then joined government service as the interim Minister of the Budget of President Corazon Aquino during the transition period following the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution. He was a senator from 1987 to 1998, during which time he served as Majority Leader for five years. As Majority Leader, he greatly helped then Senate President Neptali Gonzales, Sr. in running the plenary sessions of the Senate and in executing its legislative mill.[3] In November 1989, Romulo avoided a fatal helicopter crash near Maulong, Catbalogan when an Army commander convinced him to ride another helicopter going to Catbalogan.[4]
He became finance secretary in January 2001, having been appointed when President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took office and formed her own cabinet. He left this position in May 2001; Romulo was later appointed as an executive secretary.[5] On August 18, 2004, he was appointed foreign secretary,[5] and which he would hold until February 25, 2011, under President Aquino.[6] He served as Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN in 2007.[7]
In March 2017, Romulo was appointed chairman and director of the board of the Development Bank of the Philippines.[8]