Winnie Monsod
| Solita Collas-Monsod | |
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| 5th Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority Concurrently Minister of Economic Planning |
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In office 1986–1989 |
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| President | Corazon Aquino |
| Preceded by | Vicente Valdepeñas, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jesus Estanislao |
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| Born |
Solita Garduno Collas July 29, 1940 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Aksyon |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Christian Monsod |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania University of the Philippines Diliman |
| Occupation | Economist, Professor, TV Host |
| Known for | Television host and economist |
Solita Garduno Collas-Monsod, popularly known as Mareng Winnie, (born July 29, 1940) is a Filipino broadcaster, host, economist, and writer. She had been the 5th Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority and concurrently socio-economic planning secretary of the Philippines from 1986 to 1989.
Educated at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, she holds the rank of Professor Emeritus at the University of the Philippines School of Economics.
Monsod graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, cum laude at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1959 and is a member of the Sigma Delta Phi Sorority. She obtained a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 and became a Ph.D. candidate in economics, having completed all requirements except her dissertation, in 1963.
Monsod has been teaching in the University of the Philippines School of Economics since 1963. In 2005, she was nominated to be the President of the University of the Philippines System, an office tasked with the management of all UP campuses nationwide.
In October 2010, a video of Monsod's last lecture in Economics 100.1 (Introduction to Macroeconomics) became a viral hit online. In her impromptu remarks, she said: "You're going to be as good and as honorable as you should be. You are going to stay in the Philippines. And if you leave the Philippines, you are at least going to try to pay back. And if you don't do any of the above, this is my last threat to you. Mrs. Monsod is going to haunt you! From the grave! I intend to go up there and from up there I'm going to look down on you and I am going to confront you at the worst possible moments in your life."
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