Reclassifying Gov't Agencies EO No. 711

Executive Order No. 711 is issued by President Ferdinand E. Marcos by virtue of powers vested in him by the Constitution.
Executive Order No. 711 is also issued under the authority vested in the President by Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended.
Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended empowers the President to undertake organizational and related improvements appropriate to changing circumstances and new developments, as referenced in the WHEREAS clauses.

Executive Order No. 711 aims to minimize the number of ministries to simplify government management.
Executive Order No. 711 limits ministry status to agencies performing substantive line functions.
Executive Order No. 711 modifies the formal status of certain previously classified ministries based on organizational improvements.

Section 1 provides that the following agencies shall no longer be classified as ministries:
- Ministry of the Budget, renamed Office of Budget and Management, headed by a Director General.
- Ministry of Muslim Affairs, renamed Office of Muslim Affairs, headed by a Director General.
- Ministry of Public Information, renamed Officer of Media Affairs, headed by a Director General.
- Office of the President.
- Office of the Solicitor General.
- National Science Development Board.
Section 1 expressly keeps these agencies active under the reclassified structures named in the Executive Order.

Section 2 provides that the heads of ministries are ex-officio Ministers and members with portfolio of the Cabinet.
Section 2 authorizes the President, at discretion, to confer the personal rank of Minister and/or appoint as members without portfolio of the Cabinet.
Section 3 provides that the President may, at his discretion, confer the personal rank of Minister and/or appoint the head of any agency listed in Section 1 as a member without portfolio of the Cabinet.
Section 3 authorizes the President to confer the personal rank of Deputy Minister on any of the deputy heads of the agencies listed in Section 1.

Section 4 provides that the reclassified agencies are directly under the President.
Section 4 provides that their heads continue to exercise the same authority over their agencies as before, including the power to appoint and dismiss personnel.
Section 4 prohibits interpreting the Executive Order as a reduction in the rank or salary of other personnel in the agencies solely because of the reclassification.

Section 5 limits the title “Director General” to:
- the head of the staff of the National Economic and Development Authority, and
- the heads of the agencies listed under Section 1.
Section 5 provides that other officials must not use the Director General title unless that title is specifically conferred by the President.
Section 5 authorizes the Office of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Presidential Commission on Reorganization, to provide other suitable titles for current officials who have the title of Director General.

Section 6 provides that all laws, decrees, orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with Executive Order No. 711 are repealed or amended accordingly.
Section 6 operates automatically to remove or adjust inconsistencies in existing issuances.

Executive Order No. 711 is signed by FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines.
Executive Order No. 711 is attested by JUAN C. TUVERA, Presidential Executive Assistant.
Executive Order No. 711 is dated and executed in the City of Manila on July 28, 1981.