Marcos Jr. names Anna Liza Logan as new chief presidential legal counsel

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed Anna Liza Logan as the new chief presidential legal counsel, succeeding the late Juan Ponce Enrile.

Logan previously served as the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs of the Office of the President and was on the board of directors of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) representing the Office of the President.

Her extensive law practice includes Civil and Criminal Litigation, Family, Labor, and Human Settlements Adjudication Commission Cases, as well as Corporate and Commercial practice for financial technology companies, real estate development entities, and non-governmental organizations.

She was an associate at a law firm where partners included counsel for former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada and a junior partner at the law firm Marcos Ochoa Serapio and Tan (MOST).

Logan earned her law degree from San Beda University and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1998.

Enrile died on November 13 at the age of 101.

President Marcos also appointed Maria Luwalhati Dorotan Tiuseco as senior deputy executive secretary, Danielle Marie Rieza-Culangen as deputy executive secretary for general administration, Joseph Irvin Obenza as deputy executive secretary for financial affairs, and Jesse Hermogenes Andres as deputy executive secretary for legal affairs.