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Dr. Alex Brillantes Jr.
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Dr. Alex Brillantes Jr. is a professor and the former dean of the UP-NCPAG and the president of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) where he represents the AAPA in the meetings of the Committee of Experts of Public Administration in the United Nations. He was the executive director of the Local Government Academy of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education, and chairperson of the Boards of 24 state universities and colleges in the Philippines.

He has served as consultant for international agencies including the Asian Development Bank, United States Agency for International Development, Australian Agency for International Development, Canadian International Development Agency, United Nations Development Programme, and Japan International Cooperation Agency. He has written three books including Innovations and Excellence in Local Governance. He was a visiting professor and researcher and has given lectures in several universities in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, China, Australia, Taiwan, France, and the United States. He was awarded a Doctor in Public Administration (honoris causa) by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Dr. Brillantes was also awarded the International Publications Award from 2003 to 2019 by the University of the Philippines. He obtained his AB and MPA from the University of the Philippines and his MA and PhD from the University of Hawaii.

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