Felipe Manguiat Medalla is a Filipino economist who has served as the governor of the

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, 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

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under President

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. Medalla served as dean of the University of the Philippines School of Economics. In 1983, he earned his Ph.D. in economics from

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