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Palawan's 2nd congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Palawan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. [3] The district encompasses the southern portion of Palawan Island including the Balabac Island group.
Jose Chaves Alvarez (born June 29, 1944), known by initials JCA, is a Filipino businessman and politician from the province of Palawan, Philippines who is serving as the representative of Palawan's 2nd congressional district since 2022. He previously served as the Governor of the province from 2013 to 2022. [1] [2] [3]
Palawan later comprised a single assembly district from 1907 to 1972. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the eighth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
[2] [3] It was a single-member district throughout the ten legislatures of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands from 1907 to 1935, the three legislatures of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1946, the seven congresses of the Third Philippine Republic from 1946 to 1972, and the national parliament of the Fourth Philippine ...
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from the 2nd District of Palawan; In office June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022: Preceded by: Frederick F. Abueg: Succeeded by: Jose Alvarez: Personal details; Born
The district is composed of the city of Puerto Princesa and adjacent municipality of Aborlan. [4] It was created after the 2012 reapportionment that redrew the boundaries of the 2nd district and allocated a new district for Palawan's capital and only city. It is currently vacant in the 19th Congress since the death of Edward Hagedorn on October ...
Palawan's 1st congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Palawan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. [3] The district encompasses the northern portion of Palawan Island including the Calamianes, Cuyo and Kalayaan island chains.
In the Philippines, local officials are term limited after being elected for three consecutive three-year terms. Then Puerto Princesa mayor Edward Hagedorn was term limited in the 2001 election, and his handpicked successor Diomedes de Guzman lost to lawyer Victorino Dennis Socrates, son of Palawan governor Salvador Socrates, who went missing after his plane crashed in the Sulu Sea in 2000.