Magtanggol Gunigundo I

Magtanggol Tanjuan Gunigundo I (born December 11, 1964) is the present second district representative^[1] to Philippine Congress of Valenzuela City. He was also the former representative of the defunct lone district of Valenzuela and was a member of his own law firm before entering politics.

He is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines.

Early life

Representative Gunigundo, also known by his nickname Magi, was born to Filipino politician Magtanggol C. Gunigundo and Prof. Sylvia Tanjuan-Gunigundo in Quezon City. In 1977. He graduated elementary education from University of the Philippines Integrated School and secondary in 1981 at the same school. He finished AB Political Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1985 and Bachelor of Laws at Ateneo de Manila University in 1989. He was 13th Placer at the 1989 Bar Examination.

Career

He began practicing his profession as an associate lawyer when he joined Magtanggol C. Gunigundo Law Office in 1989. In 1990, he became a trial lawyer at Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau of the Bureau of Customs until 1997. He became Special assistant for law enforcement at the Office of the Commissioner of Customs then from 1992. In the same year, he became the chief of Special Anti-Smuggling Unit at the same office.

He was a Senior Partner at the Gunigundo-De Leon Law Office. In 1998 election, he ran for and became the representative of lone district of Valenzuela municipality. Then he won his re-election as representative of the second district of the newly chartered Valenzuela City in 2001.

In 2004, he lost the mayoralty election amid the reported widespread cheating and election fraud of his opponents. In 2007 election, He made a landslide victory as Congressman winning in all precincts and barangay of the second district of Valenzuela City. His fourth term (not consecutive) as Congressman started June 30, 2010 and will end by June 30, 2013.

References

• Official Site of Valenzuela City