Marcos Jr. names Nepomuceno new Customs chief

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Ariel F. Nepomuceno as the new Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs, replacing Bienvenido Rubio.

Nepomuceno, who holds the rank of Undersecretary, previously served as the Executive Director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense.

He took his Oath of Office before President Marcos Jr. at Malacañang Palace on Monday, July 30, 2025.

Nepomuceno is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of the Philippines with a degree in History and has prior experience at the Bureau of Customs.

He also obtained a post-graduate degree in Executive Master's in Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Management.

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