in December 1980. She also saw the first formal consultations between Philippines and Australia in Canberra in 1979 and again in 1980. She advocated for the establishment of a chair in Philippine studies in a top university in Australia. People Power Revolution Ramos-Shahani eventually spoke up against the Marcos dictatorship, speaking in support of opposition candidate Corazon Aquino. She then resigned from her UN post and returned to the Philippines, whereupon she tried to convince her brother, Philippine Constabulary Director General Fidel V. Ramos, to support the opposition. After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, Ramos-Shahani became the new revolutionary government's Deputy Minister for Philippine Affairs, serving until a new constitution and a new democratic government could be established, in 1987. Senatorial career In 1987, Ramos-Shahani was elected as Senator in 1987. Reelected in 1992, she rose to the post of Senate President pro tempore in 1993, during the presidency of her brother Fidel. During her term in Senate, Ramos-Shahani was the chair of various committees like the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Education, Culture and Arts, Committee on Agriculture and member of the Commission on Appointments. Post-Senate career After her second Senate term ended in 1998, Ramos-Shahani would later hold several positions in government. Between 2001 and 2004, she served as Director of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), Presidential Adviser on Culture and head of the National Committee of Libraries and Information Services of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, and chairperson of the committee on culture of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines. From 2008 to 2011, she was the Dean of the College of International, Humanitarian and Development Studies of Miriam College. Family Ramos-Shahani was married to the late Indian professor and writer Dr. Ranjee Gurdassing Shahani, PhD (1913–1970), whose father had roots in Sindh (currently in Pakistan) of undivided India, and was forced to migrate to India after the 1947 Partition of India. Together they had three children, two sons and a daughter, eldest son Ranjit, another son Chanda Narciso and the youngest, a daughter, Lila. Ranjit Ramos Shahani is the former and youngest Pangasinan Vice Governor (1990–1995), Pangasinan 6th District representative (1995–2001), board member (2010–2016) and member of the Board of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (de facto Philippine embassy to Taiwan) from 2017 onwards. Chanda Narciso Ramos Shahani is the real estate and organic food businessman. Lila Ramos Shahani