- President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has appointed Tereso Panga as director general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
- Panga, who has been officer-in-charge since July 2022, replaces Charito Plaza
- Plaza earlier questioned legality of Panga’s OIC appointment
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has appointed Tereso Panga as director general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
Panga, who has been officer-in-charge since July 2022, replaces Charito Plaza. His appointment paper was signed by Marcos on March 23.
“Pursuant to the provisions of existing laws, you are hereby appointed director-general, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, Department of Trade and Industry, vice Charito B. Plaza,” Marcos said in Panga’s appointment paper dated March 23. Plaza, the predecessor of Panga, had earlier questioned the legality of Panga’s appointment as PEZA OIC.
Panga has been deputy director general for policy and planning since 2010. He has been with the investment promotions agency for more than 20 years, rising from the ranks as formerly the division chief of policy planning in 2000, zone manager of Lima Technology Center and other economic zones in Batangas in 2002, and zone administrator of Baguio City Economic Zone in 2004 and Cavite Economic Zone in 2008.
He obtained his BA Comparative Literature and MA Industrial Relations from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He also completed an executive course on urban, industrial and environmental management at the National University of Singapore in 2009, and participated in the 3rd Temasek Leaders in Economic Development Programme for Senior Public Officials at the Civil Service College in Singapore in 2016.
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