Jose Andres Ramirez "Ping" Duenas (October 17, 1930 - August 31, 2009) was a Guamanian politician and public servant.
[1] In 1962, Duenas became a founding member of the Guam Employees Federal Credit Union (GGEFCU).
[2] That year, Duenas and 18 other Guam government employees deposited a total of $250 USD to establish the new credit union.
[1] During this time, he wrote a series of monthly columns detailing pressing social and political problems facing the island.
[2] Duenas suffered a heart attack approximately an hour before the plane was scheduled to land in Anaheim on the flight from Hawaii on August 31, 2009.