Janette Garin

Janette Garin
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Iloilo's First District
In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Preceded by	Oscar Garin
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Nationality	Filipino
Political party	Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Profession	Politician
Religion	Roman Catholic

Janette L. Garin is a Filipino politician in the Philippines House of Representatives.^[1] She is the Representative of the 1st District of Iloilo and former provincial board member of Leyte. She is a member of Lakas CMD and a physician. She is the wife of Iloilo board member and former town mayor, Oscar S. Garin, Jr.

As a policymaker, she h focused on various health issues such as curbing fraud in Philhealth and amending the Physician’s Act among others. She has also advocated for women’s issues including pushing for the passage of the Reproductive Health Care and Population Development. She played an active role in the enactment of the Cheaper Medicines Law and the Magna Carta of Women.

Biography

Congresswoman Janette L. Garin graduated cum laude with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology at the Divine Word University in Tacloban City. She was an academic scholar at the St. Luke’s College of Medicine. At the same time she served the Province of Leyte as a Board Member. She served as board member of the Province of Iloilo for 6 years.

Rep. Janette L. Garin, M. D. was elected as the first Filipino board member to the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) during its Sixth Annual Conference held in Helsinki, Finland on October 21–22, 2005. She was re-elected to this post to the following conference in Paris. Rep. Garin has also represented the Philippines in various conferences conducted by the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD).

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Name	Garin, Janette
Alternative names
Short description	Politician and Physician
Date of birth	11 December 1972
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