Janet Abuel

Janet Braganza Abuel (born March 13, 1971) is a Filipino lawyer, accountant and public servant who, from March to August 2019, served as acting secretary of the Department of Budget and Management in the Duterte administration following the appointment of former-Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

Early life and education Abuel was born on March 13, 1971, in Dagupan, Pangasinan, the fourth of seven children of Miguel and Fausta Abuel. She went to Dominican School in Dagupan for her elementary and secondary schooling.

From 2004 to 2005, she went to Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy under a scholarship and earned a Master's degree in public policy. She also holds a Master of Laws degree from University of Sydney in Australia.

Career Abuel first started her career as a new accounts clerk at the Makati branch of BPI Family Bank from 1993 to 1994. In 1995, she was an accounting clerk of the Baguio Sub-Regional Office of the Home Development Mutual Fund. In 1996, she was an accountant of the Sto. Niño Jesus Medical Center in Baguio. Abuel was also a part-time instructor at the University of the Cordilleras College of Law from 1999 to 2010 and authored the handbook Bar Review Methods and Techniques, 2003 Edition. As assistant secretary, Abuel handled assignments of assisting the Undersecretary for Operations in the supervision of the bureau in charge of policy formulation and local government units (LGUs) concerns, the Project Management Office on LGU Public Financial Management, and overseeing the regional offices.

Awards

1999 DBM Sariling Sikap Awards Ten Outstanding Citizens of Baguio CIty