Study Room, Malacañan Palace
June 30, 2023

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. received Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla, who is set to finish his term in July, during a farewell call at the Study Room in Malacañan Palace.

BSP Governor Medalla was appointed by then President-elect Marcos Jr. to take on the unexpired term of then BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno who was appointed as Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary.

BSP Deputy Governor Bernadette Romulo-Puyat accompanied BSP Governor Medalla in the farewell call.

The outgoing BSP Governor has been a member of the central bank’s Monetary Board since July 2011. Prior to the BSP, he served as Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) from 1998-2001. He also taught at the University of the Philippines’ School of Economics where he was dean for four (4) years starting 1994.

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