Ramon Guico Jr. | |
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Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Pangasinan's 5th district | |
Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Ramon Guico III |
Chairman of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines | |
In office 2001–2010 | |
Mayor of Binalonan | |
In office June 30,2019 –June 30,2022 | |
In office June 30,2001 –June 30,2010 | |
In office June 30,1988 –June 30,1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Binalonan,Pangasinan,Philippines | December 10,1953
Political party | Lakas–CMD |
Spouse | Arlyn Grace Velicaria |
Children | Ramon III;Ramon Ronald IV;Mike;Michelle;Melissa;Patrick |
Alma mater | University of Baguio (BS) |
Occupation | Politician and businessman |
Profession | Civil engineer |
Ramon Naval Guico Jr. (born December 10,1953) is a Filipino politician who has been the representative of Pangasinan's 5th congressional district since 2022. He is the President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) and former mayor of Binalonan,Pangasinan,which aims to strengthen the local government and provide faster and improved services to the people. He ran for Senator in the 2010 elections but lost.
He is the third child of Ramon Jacob Martin Guico Sr. and Vicenta Naval of Pangasinan and Isabela. Born an entrepreneur,Ramon at age 5 and throughout his elementary and high school was helping her mother,“Aling Quita”in their store. He was President of his high school student council.
Ramon went to Baguio for college and took up civil engineering at the University of Baguio. He met his future wife,Arlyn,a pharmacist,in the nearby town of Santo Tomas.
In the early 1970s,while newly married. Guico began a poultry and hog-raising business. He then divided his business into gravel and sand by buying junk Philtranco buses to be used for the transport of sand and the moon. This earned him the moniker,"Nabubulok" or Junk Man by his relatives and friends. Guico then ventured into the construction business where he built dams and farm-to-market roads. In 1985,he entered the business of healthcare and education,which by then was the largest business venture he had undertaken.
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In 1987,Guico was appointed by President Cory Aquino as mayor of Binalonan,Pangasinan. Binalonan was a 5th-class municipality when Guico took office.
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During Ramon’s second term,the LMP founded the Mayor’s Development Center (MDC), [2] a first in Philippine local government organization and even the first in Asia.
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