Angelina "Helen" de Luna Tan, (born October 1, 1971) is a Filipino physician and who has served as the 31st governor of Quezon since 2022. She is the first woman to hold the office. Before becoming governor, she served as the representative of Quezon's fourth district from 2013 to 2022.[2]
Tan ran in Quezon's 4th congressional district in 2013 under United Nationalist Alliance and won. She was re-elected in 2016 and in 2019, then under Nationalist People's Coalition. During her tenure as a congresswoman, Tan filed notable bills such as Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Plan Act, Physician Act, Mandatory PhilHealth Coverage for All Senior Citizens, and the House Bill No. 6633.[3] In 2019, she became the chairman of the House of Representatives' House Committee on Health. Not long after, Tan was removed from the chairmanship, being replaced by Guimaras representative Ma. Lucille Nava. Tan was able to regain the chairmanship as she was elected again to be the committee chair. Tan has led the passage of notable bills as a chairman such as the Universal Health Care Law and the ratification of Tobacco Excise Tax.[4]
Governor of Quezon (2022–present)
Tan ran for governor of Quezon in 2022, challenging incumbent Danilo Suarez, who was seeking re-election. She had Lucena councilor Anacleto Alcala III as her running mate for vice governor. She won with around 790,534 votes over Suarez's 320,296 votes. Tan became the first woman to hold the post.[5]
In 2024, Tan founded the Stand Up Quezon (Stan Q) local political party.[6] She would later run for re-election under the party in 2025 unopposed.[7][8]
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