Arnan C. Panaligan is the current Governor of the province of Oriental Mindoro as well as the current Vice President of Luzon of the League of Provinces of the Philippines. He is also a former Vice Governor of the same province and former Mayor of Calapan.

Arnan Panaligan is the first gubernatorial candidate of Oriental Mindoro to ever win in all the towns of the province. He entered politics in 1995 as a municipal mayor of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, where he served for three terms. It was during his term as mayor that Calapan is converted into a city. Then he was elected Vice governor in 2004 but assumed office as Governor upon the death of the late governor Bartolome Marasigan.

Hailed as the architect of the progress of Calapan City, Panaligan was responsible for transforming the former sleepy town of Calapan into a booming and progressive city. His administration built concrete roads and drainage network, opened schools in the rural areas, provided health insurance to poor families and scholarships to thousands of young people. Indeed, Governor Panaligan has implemented poverty alleviating programs that impact directly on the quality of life of the people. His tenure also marked the entry of investments that contributed to the progress of the whole province. Oriental Mindoro now plays a vital role in nation-building as Governor Panaligan pursues development efforts to maximize the province’s potentials as a major agricultural producer and as the emerging eco-tourism destination of the country.

A lawyer by profession, Panaligan finished law at the Ateneo Law School in 1987 and passed the Bar that same year. His previous experiences in the government include a stint in the Supreme Court as a legal researcher after passing the Bar and in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal as a technical assistant.

He was born on January 21, 1962 in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.

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• Name: Arnan C. Panaligan
• Born :  January 21, 1962
• Birthplace : Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro