Pablo P. Garcia

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Pablo P. Garcia (born September 25, 1925) is a Filipino politician.

A graduate of the University of San Carlos, Garcia served as governor of Cebu from 1995 to 2004. He had previously served as the vice-governor of Cebu from 1969 to 1971. Garcia has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. From 1987 to 1995, Garcia represented the Third District of Cebu. He was again elected to Congress in 2007, this time representing the Second District of Cebu.

His daughter Gwendolyn succeeded him as governor in 2004, while his son Pablo John was elected to Garcia's old congressional seat in 2007. In 2007, the Garcia family established the One Cebu political party. Garcia is also a member of KAMPI.

Another son, Byron, is a security consultant for the Cebu provincial government. He gained attention in 2007 after instituting a program of choreographed exercise routines for the inmates of the Cebu provincial jail and uploading the routines on YouTube, including the popular Thriller viral video. His other son, Winston Garcia, is the incumbent manager of the Government Service Insurance System (Philippines).

On April 29, 2008, Pablo Garcia was unanimously elected as the sixth Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, upon nomination by Minority Leader Ronaldo Zamora.^[1]

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• Member Information: Pablo P. Garcia. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.

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Preceded by Eduardo Gullas	Representative, 3rd District of Cebu 1987–1995	Succeeded by John Henry Osmeña
Preceded by Simeon Kintanar	Representative, 2nd District of Cebu 2007–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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