Preceded by Felipe Medalla Name Dante Canlas Nationality Filipino Role Economist | Occupation Professor Succeeded by Romulo Neri Profession Economist | |
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Alma mater University of the Philippines Education University of the Philippines | ||
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Dante B. Canlas is a Filipino economist and mathematician. Currently a professor at the University of the Philippines School of Economics, he served as Socio-Economic Planning Secretary and concurrently Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority from 2001 to 2002 under then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Dr. Canlas was also the Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Kazakhstan, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan, and the Philippines from 2003 to 2004.
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He earned his B.S. in mathematics, M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of the Philippines, where he was a member of Upsilon Sigma Phi. He was Visiting Professor at Northern Illinois University in De Kalb, Illinois and Research Fellow at the prestigious Princeton University in New Jersey.