Cayetano Paderanga Jr. | |
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13th Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority Concurrently Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning |
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In office August 3, 2010 – May 10, 2012 |
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President | Benigno Aquino III |
Preceded by |
Ralph Recto Augusto Santos (acting) |
Succeeded by | Arsenio Balisacan |
7th Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority Concurrently Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning |
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In office 1990–1992 |
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President | Corazon Aquino |
Preceded by | Jesus Estanislao |
Succeeded by | Cielito Habito |
Personal details | |
Born |
Camiguin Province, Philippines |
October 9, 1948
Died | January 29, 2016 Taguig City, Philippines |
(aged 67)
Nationality | Filipino |
Spouse(s) | Delia C. Paderanga |
Alma mater |
Stanford University University of the Philippines School of Economics University of Asia and the Pacific De La Salle University |
Occupation | Economist, NEDA Director General, Economics Professor |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Cayetano "Dondon" Paderanga Jr. (October 9, 1948 – January 29, 2016) was a Filipino economist and former Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), a cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning.
Paderanga previously served as NEDA Director-General from 1990–1992, under former President Corazon C. Aquino's presidency and was a member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of the Philippines from 1993-1999. He was also Executive Director for the Philippines in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 2001 to 2003.
A native of Camiguin province in Northern Mindanao, Paderanga was a graduate of the Center for Research and Communication (now the University of Asia & the Pacific) and De La Salle University and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in California, USA. Paderanga was also a professor of economics at the University of the Philippines School of Economics.
Paderanga was born on October 9, 1948 in Camiguin to Atty. Cayetano Palarca Paderanga & Judge Consejo Woo Paderanga. He is the 4th eldest child among 16 siblings. He attended high school at the Fatima College of Camiguin. He took up Accounting at the De La Salle University in Manila in March 1968.