Gabriel Bordado

Gabriel "Gabby" Hidalgo Bordado, Jr., simply known as Gabby Bordado (born February 15, 1955), is a Bicolano politician and writer.

Gabriel Bordado
Bordado as presiding officer of the Naga City Legislative Council
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
from Camarines Sur's 3rd District
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Preceded byLeni Robredo
Vice Mayor of Naga
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Personal details
Born
Gabriel Hidalgo Bordado Jr.

(1955-02-15) February 15, 1955
Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Political partyLiberal

Biography

Gabby Bordado was born in Calabanga, Camarines Sur. He studied at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños and Diliman, at the Asian Institute of Management, and at the National University of Singapore.

Bordado is married to Georgina Junsay Bordado, the dean of the College of Economics of the Central Bicol University of Agriculture (CBSUA). They have three children: Marian Gabrielle, George Gabriel VII, and Elizabeth Ann.[1]

Career

Bordado became a councilor in Naga, Camarines Sur in 2001 and served until 2004. For three terms (2004–2013), he was Vice-Mayor of the same city. He was elected Representative of the 3rd District of Camarines Sur in 2016. In the recently concluded midterm elections of 2019, Bordado won another term as congressman.[2][3]

Some of his poems were recorded in two books of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He was a columnist and radio commentator before entering politics. He was formerly a member of Kabulig Bikol.

In 2020, he is one of the eleven congressmen who voted "no" to reject ABS-CBN's franchise.[4]

References
  1. naga.gov.ph. Retrieved 2019-05-17
  2. www.congress.gov.ph. Retrieved 2019-05-17
  3. www.bicolmail.net. Retrieved 2019-05-17
  4. Perez-Rubio, Bella (July 10, 2020). "List of lawmakers who voted for and against ABS-CBN franchise renewal". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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