Mercedes Alvarez (politician)

Mercedes "Cheding" Kho Alvarez-Lansang is a Filipino politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and represented the 6th district of Negros Occidental.[1]

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Kho, the birth surname or paternal family name is Alvarez, and the marital name is Lansang.

Mercedes Alvarez
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Negros Occidental's 6th congressional district
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
Preceded byGenaro Alvarez Jr.
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019
Preceded byGenaro Alvarez Jr.
Succeeded byGenaro Alvarez Jr.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
In office
July 25, 2016 – June 30, 2019
House SpeakerPantaleon Alvarez
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byGiorgidi Aggabao
Personal details
Born
Mercedes K. Alvarez

Bacolod, Philippines
Political partyNationalist People's Coalition
Alma materAssumption College
University of St. La Salle

Family members

Rep. Alvarez is the daughter of former Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez Jr., himself a former representative of the district. On October 6, 2016, she married Major Dranreb "Dran" Lansang of the Philippine Army's 1st Scout Ranger Regiment.[2]

As legislator

Alvarez was elected as member of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians from the Asia Pacific in Geneva, Switzerland.[3] She also represented the Philippines to the Inter-Parliamentary Union conferences in New York and Tokyo.[4] She was elected unopposed in the 2016 Philippine general election.[5]

In the 17th Congress of the Philippines, she was elected as one of the Deputy Speakers under the leadership of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, as part of the multi-party coalition named Coalition for Change.

She was fondly known for her quirky pictures lying on the road in southern Negros, showed during the last State of Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III.[6][7] Rep. Alvarez is a staunch advocate of sustainable tourism practices in the "CHICKS area," which stands for 6th district towns and cities composed of Cauayan, Hinoba-an, Ilog, Candoni, Kabankalan and Sipalay.[8]

References
  1. "District Representatives of Negros Occidental - Negros Occidental Provincial Government". Negros-occ.gov.ph. June 20, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  2. "Powerhouse wedding: Deputy Speaker Alvarez gets hitched to 'soldier boy'". Politiko. October 18, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  3. "Young lady-lawmaker wins Board seat in first global forum of young parliamentarians in Geneva | ugnayan.com news". Ugnayan.com. October 19, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  4. Time to read 2 minutes (August 1, 2015). "A young, dynamic Negros solon". Sun.Star. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  5. "David Lacson running for BM, not congress Guv: Anybody can change his mind". Watchmendaily.com. October 13, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  6. "Call her 'KSP' but solon just happy road completed | Inquirer News". Newsinfo.inquirer.net. May 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  7. Time to read less than 1 minute (July 28, 2015). "President Noynoy Aquino jokes he'll have Mercedes Alvarez arrested". Sunstar.com.ph. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  8. Glady Reyes. "Visit Negros, we've got the CHICKS!". Experiencenegros.com. Retrieved July 25, 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.