| Emilia Boncodin | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Budget and Management | |
| In office February 1, 1998 – June 30, 1998 |
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| President | Fidel V. Ramos |
| Preceded by | Salvador Enriquez |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Diokno |
| In office January 26, 2001 – July 8, 2005 |
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| President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Diokno |
| Succeeded by | Romulo Neri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 25, 1954 Iriga, Camarines Sur |
| Died | March 15, 2010 (aged 55) Quezon City |
| Nationality | Filipino |
Emilia Tabalanza Boncodin (May 25, 1954 – March 15, 2010) was a former secretary of the Philippine Department of Budget and Management (DBM). She was one of the cabinet officials who quit their posts in 2005 during the height of the "Hello, Garci" scandal then rocking the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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Boncodin was a top-notch student during grade school as valedictorian of Iriga Central Pilot School and valedictorian of St. Anthony College, also in Iriga City. She completed her BS in Business Administration and Accountancy in 1975 and placed 15th in the CPA(Certified Public Accountant) Board Examinations the same year.
She also taught as a professorial lecturer at the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) at the University of the Philippines and the Lyceum of the Philippines.
She was awarded the degree of Master in Public Administration at Harvard University as an Edward S. Mason Fellow.
She practically spent her entire career in the Department of Budget and Management. She initially joined the department as a senior fiscal planning specialist. In 1978, she quickly rose to become division chief at the age of 27, then Director of the Office of Budget and Management, and then Officer-in-Charge of the Government Corporations Budget Bureau of the reorganized DBM.
In 1989, she was appointed as an assistant secretary and Undersecretary of DBM in 1991. She joined the cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2001.
In 2005, in the wake of the allegations of electoral fraud made against President Arroyo during the heat of the Hello Garci scandal, Boncodin resigned from her position, along with other fellow cabinet secretaries. The group was collectively known as "the Hyatt 10".
In 2009, she joined the board of directors of Petron as an independent director.
Boncodin was found to be in need of a kidney transplant in 2005 due to congenital polycystic kidney disease. Her sister was chosen as a potential donor after it was determined that she was a perfect match. But Boncodin requested to have it postponed until the Philippine Congress has passed the budget that year.
On March 10, 2010, she was admitted at the National Kidney Institute after complaining of shortness of breathing. She was diagnosed with anemia and end-stage renal disease. Five days later, on March 15, 2010, Emilia Boncodin died from cardiac arrest at the age of 55.