Jaime C. Laya

Jaime C. Laya
Laya in 2019.
1st Minister of Budget and Management
In office
June 12, 1978 – January 12, 1981
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Prime MinisterCesar Virata
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byManuel Alba
5th Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines
In office
January 16, 1981 – January 18, 1984
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Preceded byGregorio Licaros
Succeeded byJose B. Fernandez Jr.
1st Action Officer of the Intramuros Administration
In office
April 10, 1979 – April 16, 1986
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byEustacio Orobia (as Administrator of the Intramuros Administration)
24th Minister of Education, Culture and Sports
In office
January 18, 1984 – February 25, 1986
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Prime MinisterCesar Virata
Preceded byOnofre Corpuz
Succeeded byLourdes Quisumbing (as Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports)
Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
In office
1996–2001
PresidentFidel Ramos
Joseph Estrada
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from the Minister of Budget and Management
In office
June 12, 1978 – January 12, 1981
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byManuel Alba
Chairman of the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
PresidentBongbong Marcos
Preceded byMargie Moran
Personal details
Born
Jaime del Carmen Laya

(1939-01-08) January 8, 1939 (age 85)
Manila, Philippines
Political partyIndependent (1981–present)
Other political
affiliations
KBL (1978–1981)
SpouseAlicia S. Laya (d. 1991)
Residence(s)Manila, Metro Manila
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
(BBA)
Georgia Institute of Technology (M.A. Indus. Management)
Stanford Graduate School of Business (Ph.D. Finance)
OccupationCultural administrator
ProfessionBanker
Accountant

Jaime del Carmen Laya, better known as Jimmy Laya (born January 8, 1939) is a Filipino banker, accountant, and cultural administrator who served as the first Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (as Minister of Budget) of the Republic of the Philippines, serving from 1978 to 1981. He was also the 5th governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines from 1981 to 1984 and later served as the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports from 1984 until 1986. His terms in civil service, covered two significant points in Philippine history, the election that made former President Ferdinand Marcos have his third term and the assassination of the late Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. that stimulated the People Power Revolution of 1986.

In between his political appointments to key government departments during the Marcos dictatorship, Laya also served as the first Action Officer of the Intramuros Administration. Later on, his work in cultural administration continued upon his appointment as Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) from 1996 until 2001.[1] Since 2022, he presently serves as the Chairman of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.[2]

He also served as the Dean of the College of Business Administration, now the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business, of the University of the Philippines Diliman, and board of director of Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Philippine media conglomerate GMA Network Inc.

  1. ^ "Central Bank Governors". Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Macaraeg, Pauline (September 21, 2022). "LIST: Martial Law Cabinet members connected to Marcos Jr.'s administration". Rappler. Retrieved January 28, 2024.