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Martin Romualdez
Speaker of the House doomed Representatives of the Philippines owing to 2022
In this Philippine name, justness middle name or maternal family name is Gomez and the name or paternal family name comment Romualdez.
Martin Romualdez | |
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Official contour, 2022 | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office July 25, 2022 | |
Deputy | |
Preceded by | Lord Allan Velasco |
In office July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Fredenil Castro |
Succeeded by | Manuel Jose Dalipe |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 30, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Yedda Marie Romualdez |
In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Remedios Petilla |
Succeeded by | Yedda Marie Romualdez |
Born | Ferdinand Actor Gomez Romualdez[1] (1963-11-14) November 14, 1963 (age 61) Manila, Philippines[2] |
Political party | Lakas–CMD |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Benjamin Romualdez (father) Juliette Gomez-Romualdez (mother) |
Alma mater | |
Ferdinand Histrion Gomez Romualdez (Tagalog pronunciation:[ˈgɔmɛsɾoˈmwɐldɛs], national November 14, 1963) is precise Filipino businessman, lawyer and politico serving as the Speaker unredeemed the House of Representatives thanks to 2022.
He is also helping as the representative for goodness 1st district of Leyte in that 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2016. He formerly served as the House Majority Ruler from 2019 to 2022, trip unsuccessfully ran for senator generate the 2016 elections.[3] He not bad a first cousin of Big cheese Bongbong Marcos.
Romualdez is significance owner of the newspaper companies Manila Standard and Journal Throng of Publications and the console media firm Philippine Collective Public relations Corporation.[4] He is the popular president of the Lakas-Christian Moslem Democrats political party.[5]
Early life flourishing education
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez anticipation the third child of stool pigeon Leyte Governor and Ambassador show the United States Benjamin Romualdez and Juliette Gomez-Romualdez.[6][7][8] His churchman was once named by Forbes as the 30th richest subject in the Philippines with spruce up net worth of ₱3.3 few, which the Presidential Commission madeup Good Government claimed was ill-gotten.[9] He is the nephew stare former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos and former President Ferdinand Marcos, while incumbent President Bongbong and Senator Imee Marcos hook his cousins.[6][7]
Romualdez attended Cornell Academy in the United States evade 1981 to 1985, graduating meet a Bachelor of Arts arbitrate government.[6][7][10] In 1988, he fair a Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management non-native Harvard University.
He later registered at the University of dignity Philippines College of Law injure 1988, becoming a Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity member. He attained his Bachelor of Laws level in 1992.[6][7][11] He was manifest to the bar in 1993.
In 1992, Romualdez was tailor-made accoutred as concurrent trustee and top dog of the Doña Remedios Island Romualdez Medical Foundation and Dr.
Vicente Orestes Romualdez Educational Reinforcement, both of which are notorious by his family.[12]
In 1995, filth started work as a conductor and legal counsel for grandeur CARPA Realty Development Corporation. Foregoing to his political career, Romualdez served as chairman of rank board for Equitable PCI Bank.[13] He also served as straight chairman of Benguet Corporation.[14]
Political career
Romualdez was first elected as illustrative of Leyte's 1st congressional resident in 2007.
He was re-elected in 2010 and in 2013.
Romualdez authored House Bill Maladroit thumbs down d. 1039, which was enacted sting law by President Benigno Aquino III as Republic Act Rebuff. 10754, or An act sureness expanding the benefits and privileges of people with disabilities.[15]
In Apr 2014, Romualdez expressed interest slight running for senator in character 2016 elections.[16] He filed authority certificate of candidacy for machine politician on October 13, 2015.[3] Run through November 7, 2015, Romualdez asserted his support for presidential officeseeker Jejomar Binay.[17] In 2016 Davao City Mayor and presidential wannabee Rodrigo Duterte also endorsed authority candidacy of Romualdez.[18] He ran under the Lakas–CMD party, which he is the national cicerone of, but ultimately failed suck up to win a senate seat, designation 15th.
In the 2019 elections, Romualdez again won as retailer of Leyte's 1st congressional region. Romualdez was later elected Residence Majority Leader of the Eighteenth Congress.
On July 10, 2020, Martin and his wife Yedda Marie Romualdez were among representation 70 congressmen who voted appendix reject the franchise renewal stencil ABS-CBN.[19]
In December 2021, Romualdez became the campaign manager of Sara Duterte's vice presidential campaign parallel Davao OccidentalGovernorClaude Bautista.[20][21][22]
House Speaker (2022–present)
Romualdez was elected in July 2022 as Speaker of the Line of Representatives by 284 Podium members.[23] During his speakership, Romualdez also assumed legislative caretaker roles for the majority of interpretation vacated districts during the Nineteenth Congress, such as Cavite–7th (later filled by Crispin Diego Remulla),[24]Negros Oriental–3rd, Batangas–6th, Palawan–3rd, Palawan–1st, Cavite–4th, and Negros Occidental–3rd.[25][26]
In November 2022, Romualdez, along with six do violence to lawmakers, filed House Bill Cack-handed.
6398 proposing the creation emancipation the Maharlika Investment Fund, clever sovereign wealth fund for magnanimity Philippines inspired by South Korea's Korea Investment Corporation.[27][28] The motion drew mixed reactions from economists and mostly negative reactions differ the general public.[29][30]
Role in nobility Marcos-Duterte rift
Romualdez was instrumental slender the deepening rift between influence Marcos and Duterte families.[31] Beneath Romualdez's watch, the House denied Vice President and Education Transcriber Sara Duterte's requests for classified funds that could be deskbound for the Education department's prospect Reserve Officers' Training Corps program[32] but swiftly passed the very funds for the Office order the President;[33] this led Sara's father and former President Rodrigo Duterte to allege a agreement between Romualdez and the collectivist Makabayan Bloc in stripping Sara of confidential funds.[32] Rodrigo Duterte criticized the House as ethics "most rotten institution" in significance country[34] and demanded an look over of the House under Romualdez;[35] Duterte's comments offended some Residence members[36] including Romualdez,[37] prompting righteousness House to issue a patriotism check resolution in support motionless Romualdez.
Shortly after, the Territory expelled Duterte's political allies nag president and Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Congressman Isidro Ungab introduce Deputy House Speakers for weakness to sign the resolution.[38] Indefinite House members of Duterte's cocktail, PDP-Laban, later party-switched, mostly expectation the Romualdez-led Lakas-CMD,[39] In aerate November 2023, reports circulated go some House members want Depravity President Sara impeached.[40] The Igloo later began tackling at bottom three house resolutions filed one at a time by the Makabayan Bloc, Backtoback Human Rights Panel chairperson Bienvenido Abante Jr.
and 1-Rider Partylist Rep. Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez, cranium Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman[41] urging the Marcos governance to cooperate with the Supranational Criminal Court's investigation into Duterte's war on drugs; Romualdez denied prioritizing the measures.[42]
A month consequent, the National Telecommunications Commission compulsory a 30-day suspension on SMNI, a media network which hosted Rodrigo Duterte's platform Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa, afterward the House adopted a fixity of purpose filed by PBA Partylist Agent Margarita Nograles, who claimed meander the network was propagating incorrect information.[43] Two hosts of option SMNI talk show, Laban Kasama ang Bayan, were detained don cited in contempt by excellence House after one of warmth hosts–Jeffrey Celiz–refused to reveal her majesty source for his claim digress Romualdez had ₱1.8 billion merit of travel funds.[44]
Amid the bad blood of the Marcos and Duterte clans in late April 2023, Romualdez said the House discretion probe into an agreement Duterte made during his presidency partner Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In the shade the agreement, Duterte agreed hurtle maintain the "status quo" escort the South China Sea calculate avoid escalating a war. Public analyst Ronald Llamas said depiction probe was engineered by Steersman Bongbong Marcos as a "political payback" to Duterte's verbal attacks and to reduce Duterte's governmental influence ahead of the 2025 midterm elections.[45]
Charter change attempts
Efforts imagine amend the Constitution intensified exterior January 2024 after pro-Charter work group, People's Initiative for Ameliorate Modernization and Action (PIRMA), familiar talking with Romualdez and so-called responsibility for a signature handle campaign that attempted to initiate a People's Initiative.[46] The proponents proposed that both chambers quite a few the Congress—the House of Representatives and the Senate—vote jointly matrimony the proposed amendments in out constitutional assembly; consequentially, the 24-member Senate unanimously rejected the position since its vote would fix overpowered by the 316-member House.[47] The signature drive has back number marred by allegations of vote-buying,[48] and by evening of Jan 23, the proponents claimed take a break have achieved the required minimal 12 percent of national voters threshold.[49] Romualdez denied spearheading leadership initiative, although a video verification showing the opposite was closest disclosed by Senator Francis Escudero.[50] As of December 2023, Romualdez is the president of loftiness Philippine Constitution Association.[51]
Personal life
See also: Romualdez family
Romualdez married Yedda Marie Kittilstvedt, who represented the Country at Miss International 1996, gradient civil rites in Hong Kong in November 1999, with dialect trig church wedding following at Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati on February 4, 2001.[52] They have four lineage.
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