President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Wilfredo Mallari as Undersecretary of the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD).
Mallari, who hails from Bataan, was recommended to the post by DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar.
Mallari and his family profusely thanked President Marcos and Acuzar for the trust and confidence.
Mallari, an enginner, is also former Public Works Assistant Secretary during the Duterte administration.
Before assuming the Public Works post, he retired as DPWH Region 4-B or Mimaropa regional director. He had also been the region’s assistant director. He was district engineer of Bataan’s first district for 14 years and of Las Pinas- Muntinlupa in Metro Manila for three years. Mallari rose from the ranks, starting as part-time civil engineering aide in 1975 while studying at the Adamson University in Manila.