Felipe Medalla

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Manguiat and the surname or paternal family name is Medalla.

Felipe M. Medalla
6th Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
In office June 30, 2022 – July 3, 2023
President	Bongbong Marcos
Deputy	Francisco G. Dakila, Jr. Eduardo G. Bobier Chuchi G. Fonacier Mamerto Tangonan Bernadette Romulo-Puyat
Preceded by	Benjamin Diokno
Succeeded by	Eli 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
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

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.

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Sources

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