1. Winnie Monsod had been the 5th Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority and concurrently socio-economic planning secretary of the Philippines from 1986 to 1989.
13 Facts About Winnie Monsod
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Winnie Monsod obtained a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962.
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Winnie Monsod has been teaching in the University of the Philippines School of Economics since 1963.
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Winnie Monsod was a member of the UN Committee for Development Planning from 1987 to 2000 and the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute in January 1996.
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Winnie Monsod was a member of the Board of Advisors of Human Development Report on 1993 and the Board of Advisors of South Centre, which was established to follow up the recommendations of the South Commission, organized in 1987 at the initiative of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and chaired by Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, from 1991 to 1995.
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Professor Winnie Monsod is best remembered for her role as the Minister of Economic Planning, and later Secretary of Socio-economic Planning and concurrent Director of the National Economic and Development Authority from 1986 to 1989, during the term of President Corazon Aquino.
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Winnie Monsod ran for the Senate of the Philippines under the administration party of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, People Power Coalition in the 2001 national elections but lost.
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Winnie Monsod co-hosted the now defunct show Palaban with investigative journalist Malou Mangahas and former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao.
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Winnie Monsod hosted the weekly segment Analysis in the news program News on Q, aired on Q Winnie Monsod wrote her weekly column "Get Real" in the Philippine Daily Inquirer for two decades and was discontinued by the PDI management on July 1,2022.
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Winnie Monsod is currently hosting a show entitled Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie on GMA News TV, is a part of Rappler's Board of Directors for 2018 and a segment host of Unang Hirit's Hirit ni Mareng Winnie.
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Winnie Monsod is a recipient of numerous awards for her achievements in teaching, broadcasting and government service.
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Winnie Monsod is married to Christian Winnie Monsod, a corporate executive and one-time Chairman of the Philippine Commission on Elections.
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Winnie Monsod was a former Protestant, but converted to Catholicism before marrying to her husband.