Felipe Medalla

Felipe M. Medalla is a Filipino economist. He served as the 9th Socio-Economic Planning Secretary and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority under the presidency of Joseph Estrada. He is an incumbent member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines), an entity in-charge of managing Philippine monetary policy.

Felipe M. Medalla
9th Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
Concurrently Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning
In office
June 30, 1998  January 20, 2001
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Preceded byCielito Habito
Succeeded byDante Canlas
Personal details
NationalityFilipino
Alma materNorthwestern University
OccupationProfessor
ProfessionEconomist

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 Philppines" showed the consistence of a combination of Weberian and Loschian ideas in the location of industries in the Philppines.[1]

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Preceded by
Cielito Habito
Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
1998 2001
Succeeded by
Dante Canlas


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