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Pablo Paras Garcia (born September 25, 1925) is a Filipino politician.

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

• Birth Name : Pablo Paras Garcia
• Birthday : September 25, 1925
• Political party : KAMPI
• Schools Attended :
  • University of San Carlos
• Children :
  • Gwendolyn
  • Pablo John
  • Byron

Career History

• Vice-governor of Cebu (1969 to 1971)
• Governor of Cebu (1995 to 2004)
• Congressman (2007)
• Sixth Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (2008)