José Veloso Abueva (May 25, 1928 – August 18, 2021) was a Filipino political scientist and public administration scholar who served as the 16th president of the University of the Philippines.

A Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardee for political science in 1962, he has devoted much of his career in academic circles.

Abueva wrote a number of books, including Focus in the Barrio: The Foundation of the Philippine Community Development Program and Ang Filipino sa Siglo 21.

As a young boy of 16 during World War II in the Philippines, he had to search for his parents, who were taken by the Japanese, eventually finding them dead.

[8] On September 4, 2007, the Presidential Task Force on Education under the Office of the President named Bienvenido Nebres, chairman.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order 635 on August 24 creating a presidential task force to assess, plan and monitor the entire educational system.