Additional Career Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Human Settlements

March 13, 1984

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 943

PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL CAREER DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS WHO SHALL ASSIST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

WHEREAS, under Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 1396, the administration of the National Capital Region is vested in the Minister of Human Settlements;

WHEREAS, under Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1396, in relation to Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1397, the Minister of Human Settlements shall be assisted by one career Deputy Minister, unless otherwise provided by law or determined by the President of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, in view of the importance of the National Capital Region in human settlements development, there is a need for an additional career Deputy Minister to assist the Minister of Human Settlements in the administration of the National Capital Region;

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1772, the President of the Philippines shall have continuing authority to reorganize the National Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and by Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Aside from the career Deputy Minister already provided for by law, the Minister of Human Settlements shall be assisted by one more career Deputy Minister for purposes of administration of the National Capital Region. The Deputy Minister for the National Capital Region shall serve as liaison between the Ministry of Human Settlements and the Metropolitan Manila Commission, and shall perform such functions and duties as may be assigned to him by the Minister of Human Settlements.

SECTION 2. All laws, decrees, executive or administrative orders, and rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, Philippines this 13th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 80 No. 21 page 3025 on May 21, 1984.