Carlos Fortich | |
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Regional Mambabatas Pambansa for Northern Mindanao | |
In office 1978–1984 | |
Governor of Bukidnon | |
In office 1968–1978 | |
Preceded by | Teodoro Oblad |
Succeeded by | Angelo Lopez |
In office 1968–1978 | |
Preceded by | Angelo Lopez |
Succeeded by | Timoteo Ocaya |
In office 1992–2001 | |
Preceded by | Ernesto Tabios |
Succeeded by | Nemesio Beltran |
Personal details | |
Born | Carlos Ozamiz Fortich 1935/1936 Philippine Commonwealth |
Died | Cagayan de Oro,Philippines | February 24,2019 (aged 83)
Nationality | Filipino |
Political party | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan |
Occupation | Politician |
Carlos "Totoy" Ozamiz Fortich was a Filipino politician who was the longest serving governor of Bukidnon. [1] [2]
Fortich served as governor of Bukidnon in several non-consecutive terms. He was first elected as governor in 1968 until 1978 when he was elected to the Interim Batasang Pambansa under President Ferdinand Marcos' Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL). When the interim legislature ended and was replaced by the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984,he was succeeded by Lorenzo S. Dinlayan and Jose Ma. R. Zubiri. [1]
He would return as Bukidnon governor in 1980. He avoided being immediately being replaced with a caretaker governor after the People Power Revolution which deposed Marcos and had Corazon Aquino installed as president by switching allegiance and burning an image of Marcos and his wife Imelda in Malaybalay. He would be replaced as governor in December 1987 by vice governor Esmeraldo Cudal. [1]
Fortich became governor again of Bukidnon in 1992 and was re-elected for two consecutive terms. His governorship ended in 2001. He launched a failed bid to get elected as mayor of Valencia in 2001 before deciding to retire from politics. [1]
Fortich died on February 24,2019,at the Capitol University Medical Center (CUMC) in Cagayan de Oro. [3] He was 83 years old. His remains were buried at the Shepherds Meadow Memorial Park in Malaybalay. [4]
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