Florante S. Gerdan is the current Mayor of the Municipality of Santa Fe of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.

The 2004 mayoralty race in Sante Fe, Nueva Vizcaya, saw Mayor Florante Gerdan win by only 120 votes. He won, nonetheless, and saw for himself the problems that Sante Fe had. In his early years, he struggled to govern well sans constructive discussion with his constituents. In time, he learned that good governance demands that a leader listen to the people and include them in government. Read the rest of this entry »