The National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (NDRRMC) or formerly called National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) (PTPS) is an agency of the Philippine government

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The Politics of the Philippines takes place in an organized framework of a presidential, representative, and democratic republic whereby the president is both the head of state and the head of government within a pluriform multi-party system...

 under the Department of National Defense

Department of National Defense (Philippines)

The Department of National Defense is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for guarding against external and internal threats to peace and security in the country...

, responsible for ensuring the protection and welfare of the people during disasters or emergencies.

Council

In February 2010, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) was renamed, reorganized, and subsequently expanded. The following composes the NDRRM Council:

• Chairperson - Secretary of Department of National Defense
• Vice Chairperson for Disaster Preparedness - Secretary of Interior and Local Government
• Vice Chairperson for Disaster Response - Secretary of Department of Social Welfare and Development
• Vice Chairperson for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation - Secretary of the Department of Science and

Technology

• Vice Chairperson for Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery - Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority
• Members:
  • Secretary of the Department of Health
  • Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  • Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
  • Secretary of the Department of Education
  • Secretary of the Department of Energy
  • Secretary of the Department of Finance
  • Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry
  • Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communication
  • Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management
  • Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways
  • Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs
  • Secretary of the Department of Justice
  • Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment
  • Secretary of the Department of Tourism
  • The Executive Secretary;
  • Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
  • Chairman, Commission on Higher Education
  • Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
  • Chief, Philippine National Police
  • The Press Secretary
  • Secretary-General of the Philippine Red Cross
  • Commissioner of the National Anti-Poverty Commission-Victims of Disasters and Calamities Sector
  • Chairperson, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
  • Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
  • Executive-Director of the Climate Change Office of the Climate Change Commission
  • President, Government Service Insurance System
  • President, Social Security System
  • President, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation;
  • President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
  • President of the League of Provinces in the Philippines of the League of Cities in the Philippines
  • President of the League of Municipalities in the Philippines
  • President of the Liga ng Mga Barangay
  • Four representatives from the CSOs
  • One (1) representative from the Private Sector
  • Administrator of the OCD

External links

• NDRRMC Homepage