Ricarte Padilla | |
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Governor of Camarines Norte | |
Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
Vice Governor | Joseph Ascutia |
Preceded by | Edgar Tallado |
Mayor of Jose Panganiban,Camarines Norte | |
In office June 30,2010 –June 30,2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ricarte Robledo Padilla June 1,1965 Jose Panganiban,Camarines Norte,Philippines |
Political party | PFP (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | Aksyon Demokratiko (2021–2024) NUP (2018–2021) Liberal (2015–2018) PMP (2009–2015) |
Relations | Robin Padilla (brother) Rommel Padilla (brother) |
Occupation | Politician |
Ricarte "Dong" Robledo Padilla (born June 1,1965) is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the Governor of Camarines Norte. He is the brother of Senator Robin Padilla and actor Rommel Padilla. [1]
Ricarte Padilla was born in Jose Panganiban,Camarines Norte to Roy Padilla Sr.,a former Governor of Camarines Norte who was assassinated in 1988. [2] He has 10 siblings,including Robin Padilla,Rommel Padilla,Royette Padilla,and Rustom Padilla or BB Gandanghari. Each of them was respectively Senator,Actor,Former Congressman,and model. His grandfather was also a former Governor of Bulacan. [3] [1]
Padilla was the former mayor of Jose Panganiban,Camarines Norte before running for Vice Governor but losing with 117,952 votes. [1] [4] He filed an unsuccessful appeal to the Supreme Court against the result. [5] [6]
In 2022,Padilla was elected as Governor of Camarines Norte with 162,081 votes. [7] Padilla ousted the reelectionist incumbent Edgardo Tallado. [8]