SALVADOR MEDIALDEA

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Position: Executive Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Childhood friend

Part of Duterte presidential transition committee

Education:

BS Management, Colegio San Juan de Letran, 1972

Bachelor of Laws, San Beda College, 1976

Government experience:

Administrator of the Livelihood Corp., Sept. 23, 1998

Presidential Assistant for Political Affairs, July 19, 2000 to Oct. 31, 2000

Private sector/corporate work:

Ponce Enrile Cayetano Bautista Picazo & Reyes Law Office, joined in 1983 and partner until August 1990

Began law career at Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Office

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

President, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Rizal Chapter), 1985 to 1987

IBP Director, 1983 to 1985

Charter member of the Rotary Club of Makati Southwest

Secretary General of the Asean Law Association Golfers’ Club

Member, Board of Trustees, San Beda Law Alumni Association

PERFECTO YASAY

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Position: Foreign Affairs Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Old dormitory roommate while studying at the University of the Philippines

Duterte was studying law at San Beda College of Law

Education:

Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1972

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Central Philippine University, Iloilo City, 1967

Davao City High School, Davao City, 1963

Government experience:

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), July 1995 to March 25, 2000

Associate Commissioner, SEC, March 1993 to June 1995

Private sector/corporate work:

Chair, Board of Trustees, Central Philippine University, Iloilo City

Senior Partner, San Jose Yasay & Santos Law Offices, 1987 to 1993

Senior Partner, Yasay & De Castro, Esqs., 1985 to 1990, New York, New York

Senior Partner, Maceda Yasay & Tolentino Esqs., 1979 to 1985, New York, New York

Managing Director, Philippine News, New York Bureau, 1983 to 1987

Manager, Legal Department, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., 1973 to 1979

CARLOS DOMINGUEZ III

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Position: Finance Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Childhood friend and former classmate

Campaign finance head during the 2016 Philippine elections

Education:

MA in Business Administration, Ateneo Graduate School of Business

AB Economics, Ateneo de Manila University

Stanford University’s Executive Program, 1982

Government experience:

Agriculture Secretary, 1987 to 1990

Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, 1986 to 1987

Private sector/corporate work:

Chair, Lafayette Philippines Inc., 2006 to present

President, Linden Suites Inc., 1997 to present

Chair, RCBC Capital Corp., July 1994 to present

President, CG Dominguez and Associates Inc. and Huntly Corp., 1993 to present

President, Redrying Corp., Baesa Redevelopment Corp. and Halifax Capital Resources Inc., 1992 to
present

President, Retail Specialists Inc.,1991 to present

Director, Easycall Communications Philippines Inc., Nov. 12, 2002 to July 18, 2006

Director, Manila Electric Company, May 2001 to June 2005

President, Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp., 1999 to 2002

Chair, Philippine Airlines, 1993 to 1995

Chair, Republic Planters Bank, 1988 to 1992

Director, Land Bank of the Philippines, 1987 to 1989

President, BPI Agricultural Development Bank, 1984 to 1986

Former Chief Executive Officer and President, PTFC Redevelopment Corp.

Former President, Sports Specialists Worldwide Inc.

Former Board member and Director, PT Asean Aceh Fertilizer and United Paragon Mining Corp. since
Oct. 29, 1993

Former Board member and Director, Shangri-La Plaza Corp., since 2004

Former Board member and Director, Mindanao Power Corp., since 1994

Former Board member and Director, Central Azucarera de Don Pedro, since 1997

Former Board member and Director of the following: Northern Mindanao Power Corp., Hervey Asia
Corp., Halifax Davao Hotel and Transnational Diversified Group Inc. and IPVG Corp.

Trustee, Benigno Aquino Jr. Foundation

PIndependent director of the following: Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc., Roxas Holdings Inc., House
of Investments Inc.
VITALIANO AGUIRRE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Position: Justice Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Classmate and fraternity brother at San Beda College of Law

Education:

Bachelor of Laws, San Beda College

Private sector/corporate work:

Member of the defense panel during the impeachment trial of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona in
2012

Counsel for Hubert Webb in the Vizconde murder-rape case

EMMANUEL PIÑOL

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Position: Agriculture Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Longtime political ally

Member of the core group of the “Duterte for President” movement

Did not join the campaign sortie but regularly wrote pro-Duterte articles and posted it on Facebook

Education:Master of Science in Rural and Economic Development, University of Southern Mindanao,

2008. BS Development Communication, University of Southern Mindanao, 2006

High School: Nueva Vida Barangay High School, M’lang, North Cotabato, 1970, Honors: (Valedictorian)

Elementary: Nueva Vida Elementary School, M’lang, North Cotabato, 1966 (Valedictorian)

Government experience: Vice Governor, North Cotabato, 2007 to 2009

Municipal Mayor, M’lang, North Cotabato, 1995 to 1998

Close-in Writer, President Fidel V. Ramos, 1992

National Editor, Philippines News Agency, 1978 to 1982

National Grains Authority, 1977 to 1978

Private sector/corporate work:

Chair, Cotabato Sugar Mill, 1993

Senior Copy Editor/Sports Columnist, Tempo Newspaper, 1982 to 1990

Newspaper/Radio Reporter, 1973 to 1977

Public Relations Officer

Boxing Commentator and WriterSenior Copy Editor/Sports Columnist, Tempo Newspaper, 1982 to 1990

Advocacies:
Organic farming.

MARK VILLAR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Position: Public Works Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Son of Manny Villar, president of Nacionalista Party, party of Duterte's running-mate Sen. Alan Peter
Cayetano

Education:

Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Took up economics, philosophy, and political science at the University of Pennsylvania

Government experience:

Las Piñas Representative, 2010 to 2016

Private sector/corporate work:

Managing director, Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc.

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Nacionalista Party.
LEONOR BRIONES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Position: Education Secretary

Education:

Post-graduate Diploma in Development Administration, major in public enterprises and certificate in

policy for public enterprise, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University

MA Public Administration, major in local government and fiscal administration, University of the
Philippines Diliman

BA Business Administration, major in Accounting, Siliman University

Government experience:

National Treasurer, August 1998 to February 2001

Vice President for Planning and Finance, University of the Philippines System

Chair of the Board of Trustees, Silliman University

Private sector/corporate work:

Independent director, Megawide Construction Corp.

Independent director, Greenergy Holdings Inc.

Director, AgriNurture, Inc.

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Founder, Freedom from Debt Coalition

Founder, Social Watch Philippines Inc.

SILVESTRE BELLO III

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Position: Labor Secretary

Link with Duterte:

National Democratic Front nominee

Education: Bachelor of Laws degree, Ateneo de Manila University

Bachelor of Arts degree, Manuel Luis Quezon University

Government experience:

Member, government negotiating panel in the talks with the Communist-led National Democratic Front
of the Philippines (NDFP), Ramos administration

Chief government negotiator, 2001 to 2004

Peace panel chair, 2001-2004

Solicitor general, 1996 to 1998

Justice secretary, February to June 1998, 1991 to 1992

Cabinet secretary

Ilagan, Isabela councilor

Ex-officio commissioner, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

Director, Dangerous Drugs Board

Private sector/corporate work:

Partner, Yulo Carpio & Bello Law Offices

Director, CAP Life Insurance Corp.

Independent director, San Miguel Pure Foods Co.

Director, PNOC Exploration Corp.

Director, Red Eagle Lending Investors Corp.

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Free Legal Assistance Group lawyer during martial law

JOEL MAGLUNSOD

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Position: Labor Undersecretary

Government experience:

Representative, Anakpawis party-list, 2008 to 2010

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Vice chair, Kilusang Mayo Uno.

DELFIN LORENZANA

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

Position: Defense Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Childhood friend

Part of Duterte presidential transition committee

Education:

Philippine Military Academy Class of 1973

Government experience:

Head of the Veterans Affairs Office-Philippine Embassy, Washington DC

Military rank:

Retired Army Major General

JUDY TAGUIWALO

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Position: Social Welfare Secretary

Link with Duterte:

National Democratic Front nominee

Education:

PhD Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman

MA Public Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

BS Social Work, UP Diliman

Government experience:

Served as faculty at UP for 17 years, including three years as lecturer

Associate Professor, Department of Women and Development Studies, College of Social Work and
Community Development, UP Diliman

Chair, UP Diliman University Council Committee on Faculty Development, Conduct and Welfare

Coordinator, Women and Development Program, UP College of Social Work and Community
Development, 1999 to 2000

Chair, Department of Women and Development Studies, UP College of Social Work and Community
Development, 2000-2002

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Chair, Women’s Committee of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers

Member, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development

Member, International Association for Community Development

Member, Women’s Studies Association in the Philippines

Chair, Negotiating Panel, All-UP Academic Employees Union/li>

Convenor, UP-Wide Democratization Movement 2 (UP Widem 2)

Convenor, Tigil-Paslang-UP (July 2006 to present)

SRAFAEL MARIANO

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM

Position: Agrarian Reform Secretary

Link with Duterte:

National Democratic Front nominee

Education:

BS Agriculture and Agri-cooperatives, Wesleyan University and Liwag Colleges, Cabanatuan City, Nueva
Ecija

Government experience:

Anakpawis party-list representative for 3 terms from 2004 to 2013

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Anakpawis

Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.

ISMAEL "MIKE" SUEÑO

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Position: Interior Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Partymate at PDP-Laban

Government experience:
Former South Cotabato governor.

CATALINO CUY

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Position: Interior Undersecretary for Police Matters

Link with Duterte:

Former Davao City police officerChildhood friend

Education:

Special Action Force director

PNP director for personnel and records management.

ARTHUR TUGADE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

Position: Transportation Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Duterte's classmate in San Beda College of LawChildhood friend

Education:

San Beda College of Law

National University of Singapore (Standford-NUS Executive Program)

Government experience:

President and chief executive officer, Clark Development Corp., appointed by President Benigno Aquino
in 2012

Private sector/corporate work:

Founder, Perry's Holding Corp. (management arm for Perry's Group of Companies, which includes
Transglobal Equipment Leasing, Perry's Technology, ATP Travel, Perryome, Perry's Farm, Transglobal
Trucking, and Transglobal Consolidators Inc.

President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Resource Officer, Transnational Diversified Group Inc. and
Transnational Diversified Corp.

President of the following: TDG Asia Corp., YAS Brokerage Inc., Phil. Organic Plantation Corp., Kamraz
Agriculture Inc., Pizzavest Transnational Corp., Transnational Food Services Corp., Transnational Aero
Corp., and Emery Transnational Air Cargo Corp.

Partner, Bengzon, Verano, Tugade and Escolin Law Office.

FORTUNATO DELA PEÑA

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Position: Science and Technology Secretary

Education:

MS Industrial Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman

BS Chemical Engineering, UP Diliman

Government experience:

Undersecretary for Scientific and Technical Services, Department of Science and Technology

Vice President for planning and development, UP Diliman, 1993

Interim executive director, Apec Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium
Enterprises

Research assistant and engineering professor, UP Diliman

First editor, Philippine Engineering Journal

President of the following: UP Alumni Engineers, Philippine Institute for Chemical Engineers, and
Association of Management and Industrial Engineers of the Philippines

Trustee of the following: UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Small Enterprises
Research and Development Foundation, and National Engineering Center Foundation

Director of the following: Entrepinoy Volunteers Foundation and Philippine Technology Development
Ventures

Private sector/corporate work:

ESSO operations engineer.

BENJAMIN DIOKNO

DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT

Position: Budget Secretary

Education:

PhD in Economics, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York

MA Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1976

MA Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Certificate in Development Economics (With Very High Distinction), UP Diliman-University of Wisconsin

Program in Development Program in Development Economics, UP Diliman School of Economics

MA Public Administration, UP Diliman

BA. Public Administration, UP Diliman

Government experience:

Secretary, Department of Budget and Management,1998 to 2001

Private sector/corporate work:

Economics professor, UP Diliman

Chair, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

ALFONSO CUSI

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Position: Energy Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Partymate, PDP-Laban

Vice chair, PDP-Laban

Education:

MA Business Administration, University of the Philippines Diliman

Government experience:

General manager, Manila International Authority

Director general, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

Administrator, Philippine Ports Authority

Private sector/corporate work:

Chair, Starlite Ferries

Executive, Aboitiz Transport

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Makati Rotary Club.

PAULYN JEAN ROSELL-UBIAL

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Position: Health Secretary

Education:

MA Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila

BS Medicine, University of East–Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Center

Government experience:

Director, Department of Health Southern Mindanao

Assistant secretary, DOH-Office for Health Regulations

Medical specialist, DOH-Cotabato City

Assistant city health officer, Cotabato City

Medical specialist, Maternal and Child Health Service, DOH-Manila

Head of Polio Eradication Unit, DOH-Manila

RAMON LOPEZ

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Position: Trade Secretary

Education: MA Development economics, Williams College, Massachusetts

AB Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Government experience:

Department of Trade and Industry

National Economic Development Authority

Private sector/corporate work:

Executive Director, Go Negosyo.

WANDA CORAZON TULFO TEO

DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

Position: Tourism Secretary

Private sector/corporate work:

Owner, Mt. Apo Travel and Tours

President, National Association & Independent Travel Agencies Phil. Inc.

GINA LOPEZ

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Position: Environment Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Similar antimining stance as Duterte

Education: PhD in Humanities, Ateneo de Naga University

MA Development Management, Asian Institute of Management

Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Boston

Assumption College

Government experience:

Chair, Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, 2010 to 2016

Private sector/corporate work:

Chair, ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc. (previously the ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.)

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Vice chair, ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation

Chairman Emeritus, Southeast Asian Foundation for Children’s Television

Convenor, “Save Palawan Movement"

RODOLFO SALALIMA

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Position: Information Secretary

Link with Duterte:

Schoolmate in San Beda College

Education:

Bachelor of Laws, San Beda College

BA Philosophy, San Beda College

Government experience:

Member, executive committee, National ICT Advisory Council

Private sector/corporate work:

President, Philippine Chamber of Telecommunications Inc

Board director, Telecoms Infrastructure Corporation of the Philippines

Chief legal counsel and senior adviser, Globe Telecom Inc., 1993 to 2008

Head, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Globe Telecom Inc., 1993 to
2008

Vice President, Legal and Human Resources Department, International Communications Corporation's
(Bayantel)

President and Founding Director, Telecommunications and Broadcast Attorneys of the Philippines Inc.,
1992 to 1996

President, Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation

Board director and Corporate and chief Counsel, Radio Communications of the Philippines

Associate Director, Ayala Corp.

Director and chief counsel, Innove Communications Inc.

Political party affiliation and other advocacies:

Author, “Telecommunications in the Information Revolution,” published in 2015

ERNESTO PERNIA

NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Position: Economic Planning Secretary

Education:

PhD Economic Demography, University of California, Berkeley

MA Economics, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut

AB Economics, University of San Carlos

Bachelor of Sacred Theology, UST Central Seminary

AB Philosophy, San Carlos Major Seminary, Cebu

Private sector/corporate work:

Professor emeritus, UP School of Economics

Lead economist, Asian Development Bank

Regional Adviser, Population and Employment Policy and Research for Asia and the Pacific, International
Labor Office (Bangkok), 1984 to 1986

Board of Directors, First Philec Solar Corp. (Lopez Group of Companies)

Board of Directors, Philippine-Russian Business Assembly

Board of Directors, Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering

Board of Trustees, University of San Carlos, Chair of the Board

Board of Trustees, Kalayaan College

Board of Directors, Procurement Watch Inc.

Board of Trustees, Philippine Center for Population and Development

Board of Trustees, Forum for Family Planning and Development

Board of Trustees, Friendly Care Foundation Inc.

Board of Trustees, Bahay Tuluyan.