Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia (born October 12, 1955), commonly known as Gwen, is the Governor of the Philippine province of Cebu. She was first elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2007. She is Cebu’s first woman governor. Garcia won by 7,000 votes in Philippine general election, 2004 and a historic half a million in Philippine general election, 2007.

Gwendolyn is the eldest daughther of Pablo P. Garcia and Judge Esperanza “Inday” Fiel-Garcia, who had 8 children (4 sons). Lawyer-Congressman Pablo John Garcia (born in Cebu City on May 19, 1967) is the youngest. Her other brother Byron, is a security consultant for the Cebu provincial government, and caught global attention in 2007 due to Thriller (viral video). Her other brother, Winston Garcia, is the incumbent manager of the Government Service Insurance System (Philippines).

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