Felipe Medalla

Felipe Manguiat Medalla is a Filipino economist currently serving 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 since 2022. He previously served as the 9th Socio-Economic Planning Secretary and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority under President Joseph Estrada.

Felipe M. Medalla
6th Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
President	Bongbong Marcos
Deputy	Francisco G. Dakila, Jr. Eduardo G. Bobier Chuchi G. Fonacier Mamerto Tangonan Bernadette Romulo-Puyat
Preceded by	Benjamin Diokno
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
President	Joseph Estrada
Preceded by	Cielito Habito
Succeeded by	Dante Canlas
Personal details
Nationality	Filipino
Education	De La Salle University (AB) University of the Philippines (M.Ec) Northwestern University (Ph.D. Ec.)
Occupation	Professor
Profession	Economist

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 Philppines.^[1]

References

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

Sources

• Angara Center for Law and Economics: Profile of Dr. Felipe Medalla

Government offices
Preceded by Benjamin Diokno	Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 2022–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Cielito Habito	Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority Concurrently Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning 1998–2001	Succeeded by Dante Canlas
Order of precedence
Preceded by Assistant Secretaries of Departments, Directors-General and Chiefs of Mission I and II of the Department of Foreign Affairs	Order of Precedence of the Philippines as Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas	Succeeded by Foreign Charges d’Affaires de missi as Foreign Chargé d'Affaires ad interim