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Filipino chemist and cabinet member
Zenaida Y. Monsada
is a
Filipino
chemist
who served as first woman
Secretary
of
Department of Energy
from July 2015 until July 2016. Prior to being appointed as Energy Secretary she served as DOE Officer-in-charge from May?July 2015. While serving as OIC, she was also the undersecretary for four bureaus of the Department of Energy, Electric Power Industry Management Bureau, Energy Resources Development Bureau, Oil Industry Management Bureau, and the Renewable Energy Management Bureau.
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Early life and education
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Monsada is the eldest of 12 children of public servants from
Ormoc
,
Leyte
. She is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the
University of San Carlos
in
Cebu City
. She earned units in Master of Science in Chemistry from
University of the Philippines Diliman
and Master in Public Management from the Development Academy of the Philippines. She also had professional studies in Petroleum Management at the Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute in
Boston
, United States, and the
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
in
Stavanger
, Norway.
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Career
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Monsada started working as Chemistry Lab Assistant in the
University of San Carlos
. She then worked as Project Chemist for a Special Project of Bureau of Mines under
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
. After that she worked as Acting Division Chief of the Technical Assistance Division of Bureau of Energy Utilization under the
Department of Energy
. She also worked as Assistant Branch Chief of Energy Regulatory Board and as Director of the Energy Industry Administration Bureau of DOE. She led the setting up of national petroleum testing laboratory at the Energy department and the setup of mobile monitoring and testing facility.
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After the resignation of then Energy Secretary
Jericho Petilla
, she was appointed as Officer-in-charge of the department, until her formal appointment as the
Secretary of Energy
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While serving as OIC she was also the undersecretary for four bureaus of the Department of Energy, Electric Power Industry Management Bureau, Energy Resources Development Bureau, Oil Industry Management Bureau, and the Renewable Energy Management Bureau. She was formally appointed as Secretary on October 23, 2015 by then President
Benigno Aquino III
.
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