Felipe Medalla

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Felipe M. Medalla
6th Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
In office
June 30, 2022 – July 3, 2023
PresidentBongbong Marcos
DeputyFrancisco G. Dakila, Jr.
Eduardo G. Bobier
Chuchi G. Fonacier
Mamerto Tangonan
Bernadette Romulo-Puyat
Preceded byBenjamin Diokno
Succeeded byEli M. Remolona, Jr.
Member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
9th Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
Concurrently Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
In office
June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Preceded byCielito Habito
Succeeded byDante Canlas
Personal details
NationalityFilipino
EducationDe La Salle University (AB)

University of the Philippines (M.Ec)

Northwestern University (Ph.D. Ec.)
OccupationProfessor
ProfessionEconomist

Felipe Manguiat Medalla is a Filipino economist who has served as the governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, central monetary authority of the Philippines, and the ex officio chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, the central anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing authority of the Philippines under the Marcos administration from 2022 to 2023. He previously served as the 9th Socio-Economic Planning Secretary and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority under President Joseph Estrada.

Medalla served as dean of the University of the Philippines School of Economics. In 1983, he earned his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. His dissertation "Industrial Location in the Philippines" showed the consistence of a combination of Weberian and Loschian ideas in the location of industries in the Philippines.[1]

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  1. ^ "Doctoral Dissertations on Asia - Frank Joseph Shulman - Google Books". December 9, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
2022–2023
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
Concurrently Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning

1998–2001
Succeeded by