Bong Revilla

Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr.
Senator of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2004
Governor of Cavite
In office
February 1998 – June 30, 2001
Preceded by Epimaco Velasco
Succeeded by Erineo Maliksi
Vice Governor of Cavite
In office
June 30, 1995 – June 30, 1998
Succeeded by Juanito Victor Remulla
Personal details
Born Jose Maria Mortel Bautista
September 25, 1966 (1966-09-25) (age 45)
Manila, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Political party Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Spouse(s) Lani Mercado (Jesusa Victoria H. Bautista)
Residence Bacoor, Cavite
Occupation Actor, TV Host, Politician
Religion Roman Catholicism
Website Official website

Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. (born Jose Marie Mortel Bautista on September 25, 1966[1][2]), is a Filipino actor, politician and senator of the Republic of the Philippines. In 2009, he legally changed his last name to Bong Revilla.[2]

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Early life and education

He was born Jose Marie Mortel Bautista to Jose Acuña Bautista (also known as Ramon Revilla) and Azucena Mortel.[3] In 1979, he finished his elementary education at Jesus Good Shepherd School in Palico II, Imus, Cavite.

Acting career

Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. starred in numerous action movies during the 1980s and the 1990s. He also starred in a few movies alongside his father, Ramon Revilla. He has been involved in a number of comedy related movies and TV shows in former actor in GMA-7.

As a native of Cavite, he made several films focusing on his home province.

Political career

Vice-Governor and Governor of Cavite

He was invited by former NBI director Epimaco Velasco to be his running mate as vice governor of Cavite. In the 1995 local elections, Velasco and Revilla won as governor and vice governor beating the Remullas.

In February 1998, Velasco resigned as governor of Cavite when he was appointed as secretary of Interior and Local Government replacing then Senatorial candidate Robert Barbers. Revilla assumed as the chief executive of the province.

In the May 1998 local elections, Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla, Jr. won for the position of governor.

He returned to his acting career and became a TV actor in GMA-7's sitcom Idol ko si Kap.

Chairman of the Videogram Regulatory Board

In 2002, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla, Jr. as Chairman of the Videogram Regulatory Board (now Optical Media Board). He was given a Plaque of International Recognition for Efforts Against Piracy by the Motion Picture Association of America on July 23, 2003 and the Huwarang Lingkod Bayan Award by the Consumers League of the Philippines Foundation, Inc. on October 25, 2003.

Senator

In February 2004, Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla, Jr. resigned as Chairman of the VRB and recommended Eduardo "Edu" Manzano as his replacement. His father, Ramon Revilla, ended his term as senator on June 30, 2004. Revilla Sr. was elected senator in 1992, reelected in 1998, and could not run for third term according to the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla, Jr. ran for the position of Senator under the administration K-4 coalition. He won and received the second highest number of votes from the national electorate.

On March 28, 2007, he entered a bus being held hostage in the Philippines in order to ensure the safety of the students on the bus and try and talk the hostage taker into giving themselves up.

Personal life

Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla, Jr. married Lani Mercado (Jesusa Victoria Hernandez-Bautista) current representative of the 2nd District of Cavite, which comprises only Bacoor, Cavite, in 1987 in a civil wedding. They have six children namely: Leonard Bryan Bautista (born in November 1986), Jose Lorenzo Bautista (Ramon "Jolo" Revilla III, born in March 1988) current ABC president in Bacoor, Inah Felicia Bautista-Del Rosario (born in October 1989) married to Vince del Rosario, Ma. Viktoria Gianna Bautista (born in August 1995), Ma. Franzel Loudette Bautista (born in October 1997) and Ramon Vicente "Ram / RV" Bautista (born December 1998).

In the Philippine Centennial celebrations, Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla, Jr. portrayed General Emilio Aguinaldo. To highlight the celebrations, he and Lani remarried in a church wedding using the same costume they used in the centennial program.

Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla, Jr. is one of ten sons of former Philippines senator Ramon Revilla, Sr.. He is the older brother of Strike Revilla, the incumbent mayor of their hometown of Bacoor, Cavite and his sister Andrea Bautista-Ynares is currently married to Rizal Governor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III. His younger half-brother Ram Revilla, also an actor, was recently murdered in his home, and declared dead in the early hours of October 29, 2011. He was 22.[4]

Awards

TV programs

Filmography

Producer

References

  1. ^ Senate of the Philippines - Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr.
  2. ^ a b Revilla Jr.'s surname is now Bong Revilla http://www.gmanews.tv/story/184067/revilla-jrs-surname-is-now-bong-revilla
  3. ^ Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. Official Website Public Profile
  4. ^ Death of half-brother Ram Revilla
Political offices
Preceded by
Epimaco Velasco		 Governor of Cavite
1998–2001		 Succeeded by
Erineo Maliksi
Party political offices
Preceded by
Francis Manglapus		 President of Lakas Kampi CMD
2011–present		 Incumbent