The celebratory hangover is far from over for newly minted Budget Secretary Kim Robert de Leon.
It was a homecoming of sorts at the University of the Philippines last June 2, as the academe welcomed the 32-year-old back to Diliman, filling its halls with institutional pride as faculty, peers, and officials gathered in support of their faculty-member-turned-Cabinet-official.
De Leon is no stranger to excellence, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Public Administration degree from the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) in 2014.
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He also holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the UPD School of Urban and Regional Planning, eventually coming full circle to teach at his alma mater in 2019.FEATURED STORIES
