Wendel Eliot Avisado (born May 29, 1953) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who previously served as Secretary of Budget and Management of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021.
[1] Besides having a long and distinguished career in government service, he is an active member of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
He is also a cum laude at Ateneo de Davao University with a degree of Bachelor of Laws.
[3] He has attended special local and international training, seminars and workshops in various fields, such as Management Fellowship Program at the university of Brussels; Development Planning at the Asian Institute of Management; Career Executive Service Development Program at the Development Academy of the Philippines; Governance and Local Government Administration in the USA, the People's Republic of China and Indonesia; Urban and Regional Planning at the University of South Australia; Clean Cities Program in the USA and International Conference on Eco2 Cities in Japan.
[5] He advocates for the adoption of a Federal System of Government and champion's people empowerment and participatory development.