President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Deputy Executive Secretary Michael Aguinaldo as new chairman of the Commission on Audit (COA), a Malacañang official announced Wednesday, March 25.
“We are pleased to announce that President Aquino has appointed Atty. Michael G. Aguinaldo as Chairman of the Commission on Audit. The appointment was made yesterday, March 24, 2015,” Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement.
Aguinaldo replaced Grace Pulido Tan whose term expired in February.
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He will hold office for seven years as his term will expire on February 2, 2022.
Aquinaldo worked as the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs at the Office of the President since 2011 before his appointment to COA.
He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School (3rd in class) and ranked seventh place in 1993 Philippine Bar Examination.
He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de Los Angeles from 1994 to 2011.
He took his A.B. Philosophy degree from De La Salle University in 1987.
He is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Licensing Executives Society.
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