Edgar Erice

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Rosalie C. Villarico Erice
(m. 1988)
Egay Erice
Rep. Edgar Erice (18th Congress).jpg
Official portrait during the 18th Congress
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
from Caloocan's 2nd district [1]
In office
June 30, 2013 June 30, 2022
Residence Caloocan
Alma mater University of Santo Tomas (BA)
Occupation Public Servant and Founder and President of Egay R. Erice Foundation Inc.
ProfessionBusinessman

Edgar Ranes Erice (born June 15, 1960) is a Filipino politician. He is a former representative of the second district of Caloocan as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives. He is more fondly known as Egay. Currently, he serves the Aksyon Demokratiko Party as the Regional Chairman for NCR.

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He served as the representative of the 2nd district of Caloocan where he won a second term in the May 9, 2016, election, as confirmed and proclaimed with 100,095 votes, defeating Mary Mitzi “Mitch” Cajayon-Uy with 51,792 votes. And he won for his third and last term as Representative in the 2019 election, as confirmed and proclaimed with 124,223 landslide votes against Noel Cabuhat with 13,349 votes.

Early life and education

Erice took up secondary education at Caloocan High School from 1973 to 1977 and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at University of Santo Tomas as a beneficiary of “Study-now, Pay-Later Plan” of Caloocan.

Furthermore, Erice was a leader of the Liberal Party of the Philippines for 18 years (since 1988) and he is the current Regional Chairman for National Capital Region of Aksyon Demokratiko and the Past President of the Rotary Club of Caloocan District 3800 and a past navigator of Andres Bonifacio Assembly – Knights of Columbus.

Political career

Caloocan President of Kabataang Barangay (1975)

Erice first came to public service in 1975, when he became part of Kabataang Barangay Chairman (now known as Sangguniang Kabataan) at the age of 15. He was the President of the Kabataang Barangay for Caloocan from 1975 to 1981.

Caloocan city council member (19952001)

Erice was elected member of the Caloocan City Council in 1995 at the age of 35. He was re-elected to a second term in 1998.

Congressional stint (20012004)

Erice decided not to seek re-election for councilor in 2001 and instead ran for representative of Caloocan's 2nd congressional district in 2001. He won, serving for one term until 2004.

Vice Mayor of Caloocan under Mayor Echiverri (20102013)

Erice ran for vice-mayor in the 2010 elections under the Liberal Party-coalition of Mayor Enrico Echiverri. He was elected, defeating former Mayor Rey Malonzo who was the running mate of Luis Asistio. He was also the President of the Vice Mayors' League of the Philippines that time and Director of Metro Manila Development Council. He would serve for only one term until 2013.

Congressional stint (20132022)

Initially planning to run for Mayor of Caloocan, Erice ran for representative of Caloocan's 2nd congressional district in 2013 under the Liberal Party and won, defeating incumbent Mitzi Cajayon. [3] He was re-elected in 2016 and in 2019.

Mayoral attempt (2004 and 2022)

In 2004, he first ran for mayor of Caloocan under the Liberal Party, but lost to 1st district Representative Enrico Echiverri.

He ran again for mayor in 2022, which he said would be his last political run, but lost to 1st district Representative Dale "Along" Malapitan, son of outgoing Mayor Oscar Malapitan.

Other political experience

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References

  1. "Erice, Edgar R. - House of Representatives". Archived from the original on May 13, 2019.
  2. Ranada, Pia (September 20, 2021). "Caloocan's Edgar Erice leaves LP, joins Isko Moreno's Aksyon". Rappler.
  3. De Leon, Dwight (October 21, 2021). "Edgar Erice makes one last bid for Caloocan city hall". Rappler. Retrieved April 30, 2023.