Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. | |
Order: | 41st |
Office: | Governor of Negros Occidental |
1Blankname: | Vice Governor |
1Namedata: | Genaro Alvarez Eugenio Jose Lacson |
Term Start: | June 30, 2010 |
Term End: | June 30, 2019 |
Predecessor: | Isidro Zayco |
Successor: | Eugenio Jose Lacson |
Office2: | Mayor of Sagay City |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2004 |
Term End2: | June 30, 2010 |
Predecessor2: | Joseph Marañon |
Successor2: | Rafael Cueva |
Office3: | Member of Philippine House of Representatives from Negros Occidental's 2nd congressional district |
Term Start3: | June 30, 1995 |
Term End3: | June 30, 2004 |
Predecessor3: | Manuel Puey |
Successor3: | Alfredo Marañon III |
Birth Name: | Alfredo Galicia Marañon Jr. |
Birth Date: | 21 December 1935 |
Birth Place: | Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippine Commonwealth |
Death Place: | Bacolod, Philippines |
Resting Place: | Heavenly Hills Memorial Park and Gardens Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Party: | PDP–Laban (2016–2020)[1] UNEGA |
Otherparty: | NPC (until 2016) |
Spouse: | Marilyn Dalisay-Marañon |
Children: | 7 (including Alfredo III) |
Alma Mater: | De La Salle University, Manila University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos |
Alfredo Galicia Marañon Jr. (21 December 1935 - 1 October 2020) was a Filipino politician from Sagay City who served as Governor of Negros Occidental.[2]
Marañon, also known as "Freddie" by his peers, was the third child of the late Alfredo Espinosa Marañon Sr. of Mandurriao, Iloilo and the late Salvacion Galicia Marañon of Sagay City. He was the brother of former Governor Joseph G. Maranon. His wife is Marilyn Andres Dalisay-Marañon of Looc, Romblon. His son is politician Alfredo "Thirdy" D. Marañon III. He was a farmer, civil engineer and aquaculturist by profession.
Marañon attained his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree at De La Salle University, Manila. He attended the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos in Bacolod and Sagay Elementary School for his secondary and elementary education.
Marañon died of cardiac health problems in a hospital in Bacolod on October 1, 2020, aged 84.[3]
Marañon started his political career in 1964, when he became municipal councillor in Sagay.[3] He later served as vice mayor and eventually mayor of Sagay,[3] a post held previously by his older brother, the late Gov. Joseph G. Marañon. He assumed office as Governor of Negros Occidental[4] on June 30, 2010, implementing the Negros First! strategic development plan for the province. Negros First! seeks to optimize the potentials of Negros Occidental as an agricultural province to ensure food sufficiency and agricultural productivity as well as generate livelihood for the poor and marginalized. His term in office ended in 2019.[3]
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