FORMER Mayor of the Municipality of Mendez-Nuñez in Cavite Fredderick A. Vida formally assumed office as acting head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday.
This, after he took his oath of office before President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Malacañang earlier that day.
He replaced former DOH Secretary Jesus Crispin ‘Boying’ Remulla who was appointed Ombudsman in October.
Prior to his new designation, Vida served as assistant secretary of the DOJ since January 2023.
He also served as Mayor in Cavite from 2013 to 2022, President of the Mayor’s League of Cavite from 2019 to 2022.
Vida earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of the Philippines and Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo School of Law. He passed the 1996 Philippine Bar Exam.
He is the latest government official, who was given a new designation by the President.
Last week, Marcos also named Finance Undersecretary Charlito Martin R. Mendoza as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).