Sonny Lagon

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Sonny Lagon
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Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Ako Bisaya
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 30, 2019
ProfessionEngineer

Sonny Lavado Lagon (born February 2, 1969) is a Filipino engineer and an elected member of the representative for the Ako Bisaya party list since 2019. He owns an engineering firm and a massive game fowl farm.

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Early life and business career

Lagon was born in Mambusao, Capiz, on February 2, 1969. [1] Lagon owns an engineering firm, where his wife worked as an official since 1995. He also owns a game fowl farm. [2]

Political career

Lagon was a nominee for the 2019 Philippine party-list elections from the Ako Bisaya party list. In the results, the party gained 17th place with 393,101 votes, 1.42% of the total votes. [3] The party gained one seat, gained by Lagon. [1] Lagon originally planned to run for Cebu's 6th congressional district, [4] [5] but eventually he was the first nominee for the 2022 Philippine party-list elections from the Ako Bisaya party list. In the results, the party got 17th place with 508,481 votes, 1.41% of the national votes. [6] This was enough to get one seat, which was taken by Lagon. [2] Lagon is part of the One Cebu party, [5] led by the Governor of Cebu. Lagon supports providing assistance to schools. [2]

Personal life

Lagon is married to Daphne Lagon, another congresswoman for Cebu's 6th congressional district. This caused, for the first time in history, a married couple from Cebu to be sitting in the House of Representatives of the Philippines at the same time. [2] Their sons, Larenz and Lorenz, ran for the 6th and 3rd Sangguniang Panlalawigan district seats. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sonny Lagon". Rappler . March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vestil, Justin K. (May 28, 2022). "Husband and wife become colleagues in Congress". SunStar Publishing Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Party-List Results (Philippines) | Eleksyon 2019". GMA News Online . Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ "'Ako Bisaya' partylist rep to run for 6th district rep". SunStar Publishing Inc. May 24, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Ako Bisaya partylist Rep. Sonny Lagon joins One Cebu Party". Cebu Daily News . May 23, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  6. ↑ "PARTIAL, UNOFFICIAL: 2022 party list election results | Philippines". Rappler. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  7. ↑ Palaubsanon, Mitchelle L. "Five Lagons joining polls". The Philippine Star . Retrieved March 20, 2025.
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