President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday appointed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac to head the department.
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According to the Presidential Communications Office, the executive chief's appointment was made following the passing of former secretary Susan “Toots” Ople in August last year.
Cacdac has been an officer-in-charge of the DMW for seven months, since September 2023.
Before he entered the agency, Cacdac was a former Executive Director V of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Executive Director V of the Philippine Employment Administration (POEA), and Undersecretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
He also served as Deputy Executive Director V of the POEA; Executive Director IV of the National Conciliation Mediation Board (DOLE); Director IV of the Bureau of Labor Relations (DOLE); and Associate Lawyer and Urban Poor Unit Coordinator of the Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN) in the private sector.
"I suppose these days when people say “warmest congrats” or “warmest regards or greetings”, they really mean it," Cacdac said in an X post.
