Leandro Montemayor

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Leandro Montemayor is a fictional President of the Philippines in the hit Philippine television drama series, Kung Mawawala Ka (When You're Gone) played by actor Eddie Garcia.

1 Biography
2 References

[edit] Biography

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[edit] Personal life

Montemayor was born and raised in the fictional province of San Dionisio, he married Iluminada (played by Liza Lorena), the daughter of a wealthy and prominent political family in the province for his future ambitions, to whom he has three children namely Ernestina (played by Princess Punzalan), Alberto (played by Raymond Bagatsing) and Paloma (played by Alessandra de Rossi). Leandro also has two other family, Czarina (played by Gloria Diaz), the original mistress and mother to Amanda (played by Sharmaine Arnaiz) and Lucinda (played by Ara Mina). And finally, Alicia (played by Hilda Koronel), the love of Leandro's life and mother to Rosa Camilla (played by Sunshine Dizon), Leandro's favorite daughter.

The story begins with the failed murder attempt on the governor's life and consequently makes the three women and all their children suspects in the investigation. This crime mystery angle provides the backdrop to the love story of Rosa Camilla and Carlito (played by Cogie Domingo), the son of Leandro's political rival, Congressman Carlos Valiente.

[edit] Early Political Life

Leandro started as a Mayor of a town in the fictional province of San Dionisio, then Governor of the Province of San Dionisio with the massive political machinery and influence of his wife's family, he started a dynasty in which became rivaled by Congressman Carlos Valiente. But a tragic event came to Leandro, when the Valientes were killed in an ambushed that blamed to Montemayor, that led to a massive demonstrations and riots against Montemayor by supporters of the Valientes, that led to a case against him of murder. He was tried and found not guilty of the charges and in a twisting end of the case, it was discovered that Leandro's son, Alberto ordered the ambush.

After the victory in the court, Leandro attained a national popularity that lead his decision to run as a Senator of the Philippines. His popular slogan when campaigning for the Senate was "Ngayon sa Senado, Bukas sa Malacañang!" (Today, the Senate, and Tomorrow, Malacañang) pertaining the official residence of the President of the Philippines, the Malacañan Palace, hinting a run to the Presidency in the near future. But another crisis emerged from his family when his position as Governor will be vacated because of his Senate run. Two emerged as potential successors to Leandro, Amanda, Leandro's Chief of Staff and his daughter-lawyer who helped him win his cases in court and his legal wife, Iluminada, who told Leandro of her intention to run giving credits to her family connections in politics. Initially, Leandro did not chose from the two, he originally chose his third wife, Alicia, whom he described as the people loves. But Alicia did not accept Leandro's invitation to run. Leandro endorses Iluminada to run as Governor of San Dionisio against Justice Romina Salgado (played by Armida Siguion Reyna), Valiente's mother-in-law. In the end of the elections, Leandro won a seat in the Senate and Iluminada was defeated by Romina.

[edit] Senate Years

During his Seante years, it started to develop his Alzheimer's disease citing his loss of certain memory on events and even blurred vision to his personal secretary and legislative adviser.

[edit] Presidency

He ran as president against Tomas Locsin (played by Eddie Gutierrez), a billionaire businessman who became Czarina's (Leandro's first mistress) husband, but when Leandro won the presidency, Locsin plotted a coup against Montemayor along with some generals in the Armed Forces of the Philippines months after he became President, with Locsin's money and the support of certain elements of the military, Montemayor was toppled. During his campaign for the presidency and even during his presidency, he kept his disease in public.