Osmundo Rama

The son of former Senator Vicente Rama and Catalina Genson,[1] Osmundo G. Rama studied at Colegio de San Carlos, graduated at the University of Santo Tomas with a medical degree and passed the board exams in 1934. He also later acquired a law degree from the University of San Carlos.

His son, Enrique Rama, served as Vice Governor of Cebu from 1988–1992.[2]

During the first general elections on November 8, 1955, he was elected member of the Cebu City Council,[3] and he would serve another term in 1959.[1] In 1963, he ran for Cebu City mayor but lost to Sergio Osmeña Jr. Then, running under the Nacionalista Party, he became Vice Governor and served from 1968 to 1969.[2]

In 1969, incumbent Governor Rene G. Espina resigned in preparation for his campaign for the Senate. Rama assumed the office of the governorship. During the 1971 elections,[4] he was elected Governor of the province of Cebu,[1] a position he would hold until 1976.[5] Deciding to switch to campaign under the Liberal Party,[4] he defeated Beatriz Durano of the Nacionalista Party in 1971. Eduardo Gullas was appointed by then President Ferdinand Marcos as governor to reorganize the provincial government[5] and replaced Rama during the martial law years in 1976 until 1986.[1] After the EDSA revolution, Rama was appointed in charge for the office of the governor, replacing Gullas, and served from 1986 until 1988.[1]

During his time as governor, he advocated for agriculture and education.[6] The President Marcos Naga Provincial High School and the agricultural building were also constructed.[1] In addition, he endorsed the memorandum of agreement granting Cebu CFI Community Cooperative, a cooperative providing lending services to members, the lease of a vacant lot beside the Cebu Provincial Capitol building for 25 years.[7]