Edwin Lacierda (born May 8, 1962) () is a
Filipino lawyer and technology entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the online payments company, PayMongo. He was a member of the
Philippine Cabinet and
Presidential Spokesperson of President
Benigno S. Aquino III. Prior to this, he was the spokesperson for the
presidential campaign of then Senator Aquino from November 2009 up to the elections in May 2010.
Prior to joining the campaign, he was a law practitioner and a co-convener for the Black and White Movement, an organization of civil society groups calling for transparency and accountability in government. He served as the legal counsel of whistleblower of
Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada during the Senate investigation on the
NBN-ZTE controversy.
Lacierda was also part of the
Optical Media Board from 2004 to 2007, representing the academe.
Apart from his involvement in civic and public service, Lacierda taught Constitutional Law at the
Far Eastern University Institute of Law from 1992 to 2008 and at the
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), also officially as the University of the City of Manila, is a Local colleges and universities (Philippines), municipal public university in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. It is funded by the city g ...
from 2007 to 2010.
Lacierda received his degree in AB Communication Arts from the
De La Salle University
De La Salle University (), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private, Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with main campus in Taft Avenue, Malate, Man ...
in 1983, LLB from
Ateneo Law School, at the
Ateneo de Manila University, in 1989, and his Masters in Management degree from the
Asian Institute of Management in 1991
He comes from a
Chinese Filipino
Chinese Filipinos (sometimes referred as Filipino Chinese or Chinoy/Tsinoy in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent with ancestry mainly from Fujian, but are typically born and raised in the Philippines. Chinese Filipinos are one ...
family.
Malacañang on China dispute: Aquino has Chinese roots
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References
Living people
Ateneo de Manila University alumni
Presidential spokespersons (Philippines)
Benigno Aquino III administration cabinet members
De La Salle University alumni
Asian Institute of Management alumni
Academic staff of Far Eastern University
20th-century Filipino lawyers
1962 births
Academic staff of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
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