Rexlon Gatchalian

Rex T. Gatchalian
26th Mayor of Valenzuela City
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2013
Succeeded by Sherwin Gatchalian
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Valenzuela City's First District
In office
June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2013
Preceded by Jose Emmanuel Carlos
Succeeded by Sherwin Gatchalian
Personal details
Born Rexlon Ting Gatchalian
January 21, 1979
Manila, Philippines
Political party National People's Coalition
Profession Businessman
Religion Evangelical Christian

Rexlon Gatchalian (born January 21, 1979), also known as Rex Gatchalian is the 26th and current Mayor of the Valenzuela and the former Representative of the First District of Valenzuela to the House of Representatives of the Philippines.[1][2] He is also the younger brother of former mayor and now Representative Sherwin Gatchalian.

In 2005, he was elected President of Waterfront Hotels and Casinos, the country's largest Filipino-owned first class hotel operator. In the 2007 elections, the people of the 1st District of Valenzuela City elected Gatchalian as the Representative for the 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, making him one of the youngest members.[3] It was also during his first term as Representative that he was elected as the National Spokesperson for the political party Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).

In the national election of May 2010, Gatchalian was re-elected as Representative of the 1st District of Valenzuela for the 15th Congress by a resounding majority vote of his constituents. He registered the largest electoral margin for the said position in Valenzuela's history. At the age of 31, he became the youngest member of the Commission on Appointments in history, and the only Congressional Representation from the City of Valenzuela to be part of the said powerful institution.[4] He also serves as the Senior Vice-Chairperson for the Congressional Committee on Games and Amusement.

Educational background

Gatchalian attended for both his Elementary and Secondary Education as well as his tertiary education.

He graduated Cum laude in 2001 from George Washington University, US, with a bachelor degree in Political Science and secondary fields of study in marketing and psychology.

Legislation

In 14th Congress, as Vice-Chairperson of Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs in the House of Representatives, Gatchalian authored Republic Act 10022, also known as "An Act Amending RA 8042, otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995". The law mandates new policies for the further protection and genuine representation of our migrant workers.[5]

He is also one of the principal authors of Republic Act 9576, of the law that doubles the maximum deposit insurance coverage by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation from P250,000 to P500,000.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Congress consolidating measures to defer barangay elections". BusinessWorld. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010. ... Rexlon T. Gatchalian (1st district, Valenzuela City), ....
  2. ↑ Natividad, Beverly T. (5 November 2010). "Gatchalian, Oreta keep mayoral post in Valenzuela, Malabon". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Vallarta, Allan (16 July 2010). "More young reps in, but old bunch still in House". GMA News Online. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Diaz, Jess (27 August 2010). "House completes 25-member Commission on Appointments Panel". Philippine Star. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Republic Act 10022. Republic of the Philippines, Fourteenth Congress, Third Regular Session (2009-07-27).
  6. ↑ Republic Act 9576. Republic of the Philippines, Fourteenth Congress, Second Regular Session (2009-07-28).

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Political offices
Preceded by
Sherwin Gatchalian		 Mayor of Valenzuela
2013 		Succeeded by
Mayor-elect
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Preceded by
Jose Emmanuel Carlos		 Representative of the First District of Valenzuela
2007–2013 		Succeeded by
Sherwin Gatchalian
(Representative-elect)