Domingo F. Panganiban

Domingo Flores Panganiban, also known as Ding Panganiban, is a Filipino agriculturist, government official and former basketball executive and coach. He served as the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture under the administration of Presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
He previously served as the Senior Undersecretary of the same Department under President Bongbong Marcos, who served as the Secretary of Agriculture.

Early life and education

He worked as plant pest control worker, plant pest control officer and later as farm supervisor in Bureau of Plant Industry. He rose through the ranks and became the Bureau Director from 1975 to 1986. From 1973 to 1986, Panganiban became the Executive Director of National Food and Agriculture Council. He also served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food from 1984 to 1986, where he became one of the proponents of the Masagana 99 program.
In 1996, President Fidel V. Ramos appointed Panganiban as the Presidential Assistant for Agriculture. In that same year, he served as Undersecretary for Agriculture until 2001.
From 2000 to 2001, he was appointed as the Administrator of the National Food Authority.
He served as Secretary of Agriculture from 2001 and again from 2005 to 2006. He then became the chief of staff of Senator Loren Legarda from 2001 to 2004. He was appointed as lead convenor of National Anti-Poverty Commission from 2006 to 2010.
On August 15, 2022, President Bongbong Marcos appointed him as the Senior Undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture. He served until his retirement from government service on December 31, 2023.

Panganiban coached the Masagana 99 in the PBL.
After the People Power Revolution, Panganiban was tapped as the team manager and consultant of Purefoods in Philippine Basketball Association. He briefly acted as head coach of the team in 1992 after the resignation of Ely Capacio. He stayed as manager until 1993.