Loading ...Pablo Paras Garcia (born September 25, 1925) is a Filipino politician, the representative of the second district of Cebu in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is one of the signers of House Resolution 1109 calling for a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution.
A graduate of the University of San Carlos, Garcia placed 3rd in the 1951 Philippine Bar Examination with a rating of 91.5%. Garcia served as governor of Cebu from 1995 to 2004. He had previously served as the vice-governor of Cebu from 1969 to 1971. Garcia has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. From 1987 to 1995, Garcia represented the Third District of Cebu. He was again elected to Congress in 2007, this time representing the Second District of Cebu.
His daughter Gwendolyn succeeded him as governor in 2004, while his son Pablo John was elected to Garcia’s old congressional seat in 2007. In 2007, the Garcia family established the One Cebu political party. Garcia is also a member of KAMPI. Pablo John placed 4th in the 1994 Philippine Bar Examination with a rating of 86.5125%.
Another son, Byron, is a security consultant for the Cebu provincial government. He gained attention in 2007 after instituting a program of choreographed exercise routines for the inmates of the Cebu provincial jail and uploading the routines on YouTube, including the popular Thriller viral video. Garcia’s other son, Winston, is the incumbent president and manager of the Government Service Insurance System (Philippines).
On April 29, 2008, Pablo Garcia was elected as the sixth Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, upon nomination by Minority Leader Ronaldo Zamora.
Other Information
- Name : Pablo Paras Garcia
- Birthday : September 25, 1925
- Schools Attended :
- University of San Carlos
- Spouse : Esperanza “Inday” Fiel-Garcia
- Children :
- Pablo John Garcia
- Byron
- Winston
- Gwendolyn
Career History
- Vice-governor, Cebu (1969 to 1971)
- Governor, Cebu (1995 to 2004)
- Congressman, Second District of Cebu (2007)
Datu Andal Ampatuan, Jr.
Augusto Santos
Esperanza Cabral
Cesar Purisima
Marcos Cojuangco