Marcos names new Civil Service Commission chairman

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed lawyer Marilyn Barua-Yap as the new chairman of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said.

Barua-Yap replaced former CSC chairman Karlo Alexei Nograles, who recently resigned from his position to run for mayor of Davao City.

The new CSC chairman will serve a term expiring Feb. 2, 2029, according to the appointment letter signed by Marcos on Oct. 16, 2024.

Prior to her appointment in CSC, Barua-Yap served as the undersecretary for Special Concerns, External Affairs and Communications of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

A native of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, the 71-year-old Barua-Yap is a lawyer and career executive service official with more than 35 years of service in government, 29 years of which were in the legislature.

She also served as secretary-general of the House of Representatives during the 14th to 16th Congresses as the first woman to hold the position.

Barua-Yap finished her Doctor in Public Administration degree from the University of the Philippines' National College of Public Administration and Governance.

She earned her law degree from the same university and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1985.