Ramil Hernandez

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The Honorable
Ramil Hernandez
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18th Governor of Laguna
Assumed office
May 27, 2014
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(m. 2001)​
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Residence Calamba, Laguna
Alma mater Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba (B.S.)

Ramil Laurel Hernandez (born July 26, 1972) is a Filipino politician from Calamba, Laguna. He currently serves as the Governor of Laguna since 2014. [1] He previously served as Sanguniang Kabataan Chairman of Barangay Mabato in Calamba, Laguna, a councilor of Calamba, a board member, and Vice Governor of Laguna. He was elevated to Governor following the disqualification of E.R. Ejercito in 2014. He was first elected as Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019 and 2022. [2] [3] [4]

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Early years and education

Hernandez was born on July 26, 1972, in Barangay Mabato, Calamba, Laguna and is the third among the thirteen children of Norberto Perea Hernandez, who served as the barangay captain of Mabato, and Rosalinda Laurel Hernandez. He finished his primary studies as a valedictorian of Mabato Elementary School in 1985. [1]

He was elected as a president of Student Body Organization and became Corps Commander of Citizen Advancement Training I during his high school days in Laguna College of Business and Arts. Moreover, an award was given to him in Leadership, Duty, Service and Talent and joined the Honor Society. [1]

While he was studying in Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba, he worked as a service crew at a fast food chain while taking up Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Accounting. In 1993, he graduated in college and received an award as the Best Student Researcher. [1]

Political career

Hernandez entered the field of public service in 1992 as Sanguniang Kabataan chairman of Barangay Mabato, Calamba, Laguna and won. Following this, he was elected as a municipal councilor at the young age of 22. [5] He served for three consecutive terms from 1995 to 2004 and was also installed as the President of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL) Laguna Chapter. In 2004, he ran for the Provincial Board Member race and was proclaimed as number one Board Member of the province with 121,672 total votes and presided as Majority Floor Leader of Sangguniang Panlalawigan. [1]

Vice Governor of Laguna

In 2007, Hernandez ran for Vice Governor as the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Edwin Olivarez, the then-Vice Governor, under United Opposition. At the age of 34, Hernandez was elected as Vice Governor; the youngest ever in the history of the province to take over the position who got 160,368 votes. Olivarez, however, lost to incumbent Governor Teresita Lazaro. [1]

Even though he was still eligible to run for his second term, Hernandez pursued the governorship in 2010 while still being the youngest candidate in the province of Laguna. [1] Running under the Nacionalista Party, he placed fourth behind E.R. Ejercito, the then-Mayor of Pagsanjan. [6] Beating his two opponents, he was again elected as Vice Governor in 2013 for the second time with 388,859, whereas Ejercito was re-elected as Governor. [7]

Governor of Laguna

On May 21, 2014, Ejercito was disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division due to campaign overspending during the 2013 elections. The petitioner in the disqualification case is Edgar San Luis, who is the former Congressman of 4th district of Laguna and opponent of Ejercito for the 2013 gubernatorial race. Vice Governor Hernandez assumed the post as a Governor and was sworn in as the new governor of Laguna at the main office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila on May 27, 2014. [8] The writ of execution disqualifying Ejercito as the Governor was served by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on May 28, 2014, at the provincial capitol in Santa Cruz, Laguna. [9]

Under Nacionalista Party, Hernandez ran for his first full three-year term as governor against his predecessor E.R. Ejercito and Jorge Antonio Ejercito in the 2016 elections. He was elected as the governor who garnered 606,002 votes beating his opponent, Ejercito with 232,927 votes. His running mate, Katherine Agapay (481,700 votes) assumed the vice governorship. [10]

In the 2019 elections, Hernandez ran for Governor under the banner of the ruling PDP-Laban and faced E.R. Ejercito once again and four other candidates. With a total of 817,250 votes, he was re-elected to his second term as a governor along with his running mate, Katherine Agapay, who was re-elected as Vice Governor. [11] They also ran for election in 2022 and re-elected to their third full term, with Hernandez gaining a total of 872,378 votes.

Projects

Hernandez’s governance implemented various projects and programs that focused on the 8 point program of Serbisyong Tama, Rise High Laguna Advocacy.

Awards

Some of his most significant contributions are the 2014 Good Practices Award from the National Economic and Development Authority and Department of Health; [13] Gold Anvil Award – Public Relations Program Directed at Specific Stakeholders: External Communities in 2015 during the 50th Anvil Anniversary; [14] a record of 51 awards including 3 major awards from Department of Health, Region IV-A during the 3rd Kalusugan Pangkalahatan Awarding held the same year; [15] Hall of famer for the year 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 of both Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) from the Department of the Interior and Local Government [16] and Red Orchid Award from Department of Health. [17] In 2016, he received the Best Provincial Police Office in Region IV-A [18] and the first ever ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certifications from the Government Quality Management Committee in the year 2017. [1] In addition to that are the Best Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Council (PDRRMC) Category [19] and the silver award in 1st National ADAC Performance in 2018 [20] that was followed by a gold award in 2019. [21]

Hernandez also received Gawad Parangal Award as an Outstanding Provincial Governor of the Philippines in the Field of Social Welfare and Development Office of the Philippines, Inc. for the year 2018 [22] 2019. [23] and 2020 from the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines, Inc. (ALSWDOPI). [24] He received an excellence award from the Filipino Awards for Movies and Arts and Science, Inc. in 2019; [25] ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards for best tourism practices [26] and the 2nd Most Competitive Province award from the Department of Trade and Industry the same year. [27] Also, the Provincial Government of Laguna was named among the National Best Public Employment Service Office awardees for the year 2019. [28] In 2020 Digital Governance Award, Laguna bagged the championship award as Best in Customer Empowerment (G2C) and 2nd place award as Best in LGU empowerment (G2G) for provincial level. [29]

Personal life

He is married to Laguna's 2nd district Representative Ruth Mariano-Hernandez, whom he met and married while serving together as councilors of Calamba. [30] They have two daughters, namely Natasha and Natalie. [1]

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 Vice Governor of Laguna
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