Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Composition.- The Commission shall be composed of the following members:

a. the Undersecretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports;

b. the Undersecretary of the Department of Tourism;

c. the Chairman of the House Committee on Culture;

d. the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Culture;

e. the President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines;

f. the Executive Director of the National Historical Institute;

g. the Director of the National Museum;

h. the Director of the National Library;

i. the Director of the Institute of Philippine Languages;

j. the Director of the Records Management and Archives Office;

k. the Executive Director of the Commission;

l. the Head of the Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts;

m. three (3) representatives from the private sector who shall be the elected heads of the three (3) Subcommission identified hereunder, namely: the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage, the Subcommission on the Arts, and the Subcomission on Cultural Dissemination. They shall be elected by the chairpersons of the national committees under their respective Subcommissions.

The Chairman of the Commission shall be elected by the members from among themselves.