About Joey Salceda
Jose Ma. Clemente "Joey" Sarte Salceda (Tagalog pronunciation: [sɐlˈseda], born October 26, 1961) is a Filipino politician and economist who currently serves as Secretary of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office under the cabinet of President Bongbong Marcos. Salceda previously served as Representative of Albay's 2nd District in the Philippine House of Representatives from 2016 to 2025. He previously served as governor of Albay province in the Philippines for three terms. Prior to that, he was a three-year term representative of the Third District of Albay and was appointed as Presidential Chief of Staff on February 10, 2007, after the resignation of Michael Defensor, before he himself resigned on March 29, 2007, to pursue his gubernatorial bid in his province. Salceda was also the longest-serving chairman of the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means from 2019 to 2025. Salceda is the principal author of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law, the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law, which reduced corporate income taxes in the Philippines to 20%, and the Free College Tuition Law. He was also the principal author of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act. Salceda, as principal author and the first to file a House version in the 17th Congress, also defended the Free College Tuition law from its critics in Cabinet, who sought its veto. Salceda has also been chairman of the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means since 2019.
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